farpa
/ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]
The verdict
“farpa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,267 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,267
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc.
Corpus desk
Index PT-farpa · farpa · Portuguese
farpa · rank #70,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,267
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH estofo
Nearest frequency peer: estofo (-18 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 “farpa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- efedrina
efedrina
29,781 corpus weight
- embaraçado
embaraçado
29,775 corpus weight
- espora
espora
29,756 corpus weight
- estofo
estofo
29,752 corpus weight
- farpa
farpa
29,734 corpus weight
- gramofone
gramofone
29,699 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “farpa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farpa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “farpa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
farpa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,267 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for farpa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is farpa, spelled F-A-R-P-A.
Definition
- 1ponta metálica aguda com finalidade de penetração usada em flechas, dardos, etc.
- 2pequena haste com essa ponta aguda usada para picar touros
- 3fragmento de madeira ou outro material que perfura a pele de modo acidental
- 4rasgo feito num tecido
- 5pequeno pedaço de algo
- 6linha ou parte esgarçada solta num tecido
- 7crítica agressiva, ferina ou sarcástica
- 8em vexilologia, tira que pende de um estandarte ou bandeira
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farpa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esse olhar curioso e ao mesmo tempo provocador, fazia-lhe o efeito de uma farpa no flanco de um touro.
Ao menos quem passava na estrada, acertando de enfiar os olhos pela porta, não via no meio da silenciosa imobilidade do interior outro sinal de vida a não ser o voo das moscas pousando sobre o balcão para sugarem o mel de umas farpas de rapadura, que ali tinham deixado os viajantes da véspera.
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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