falcatrua
/faɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾu.ɐ/
The verdict
“falcatrua” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,999 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,999
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artimanha para ludibriar; fraude, embuste
Corpus desk
Index PT-falcatrua · falcatrua · Portuguese
falcatrua · rank #70,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,999
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH faiança
Nearest frequency peer: faiança (-1 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “falcatrua”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escrúpulo
escrúpulo
29,037 corpus weight
- explodo
explodo
29,008 corpus weight
- faiança
faiança
29,003 corpus weight
- falcatrua
falcatrua
29,002 corpus weight
- flagranteme…
flagrantemente
28,994 corpus weight
- gaiato
gaiato
28,981 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “falcatrua” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “falcatrua” em português
Rare enough to double-check
falcatrua is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,999 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /faɫ.kɐ.ˈtɾu.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how falcatrua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
É um cinema que merece de fato ser chamado de independente e não esse tipo de falcatrua que tem sido exibida por aí com esse rótulo comercial.
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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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