faroleiro
/fa.ɾo.ˈlej.ɾu/
The verdict
“faroleiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,452 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,452
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indivíduo que trabalha no farol
Corpus desk
Index PT-faroleiro · faroleiro · Portuguese
faroleiro · rank #86,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,452
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH falsário
Nearest frequency peer: falsário (-3 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 “faroleiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- excisão
excisão
13,562 corpus weight
- excrescência
excrescência
13,560 corpus weight
- execrável
execrável
13,559 corpus weight
- falsário
falsário
13,552 corpus weight
- faroleiro
faroleiro
13,549 corpus weight
- feast
feast
13,546 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “faroleiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faroleiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fa.ɾo.ˈlej.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “faroleiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
faroleiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,452 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fa.ɾo.ˈlej.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for faroleiro, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is faroleiro, spelled F-A-R-O-L-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1indivíduo que trabalha no farol
- 2na navegação, indivíduo encarregado da manutenção
- 3pessoa que fala coisas sem nexo ou sem importância
- 4indivíduo dado ações e ditos visando impressionar e chamar a atenção; indivíduo dado a fazer farol
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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