falcatrua
/faɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾu.ɐ/
The verdict
“falcatrua” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #70,999 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,999
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - artimanha para ludibriar; fraude, embuste
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | falcatrua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /faɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾu.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “falcatrua” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for falcatrua is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /faɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾu.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #70,999 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "artimanha para ludibriar; fraude, embuste".
falcatrua doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is falcatrua, spelled F-A-L-C-A-T-R-U-A.
Definition
- 1artimanha para ludibriar; fraude, embuste
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “falcatrua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-A-L-C-A-T-R-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /faɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾu.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.