falcão-paxareiro
/fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/
The verdict
“falcão-paxareiro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)
Corpus desk
Index PT-falcao-paxareiro · falcão-paxareiro · Portuguese
falcão-paxareiro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falcão-paxareiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “falcão-paxareiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
falcão-paxareiro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fal.'koŋ pa.ʃa.'ɾei.ɾo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)".
falcão-paxareiro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is falcão-paxareiro, spelled F-A-L-C-Ã-O---P-A-X-A-R-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1esmerilhão (Falco columbarius)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.