ferro de passar
The verdict
“ferro de passar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrumento utilizado para alisar roupas
Corpus desk
Index PT-ferro-de-passar · ferro de passar · Portuguese
ferro de passar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ferro de passar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ferro de passar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ferro de passar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento utilizado para alisar roupas".
ferro de passar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ferro de passar, spelled F-E-R-R-O- -D-E- -P-A-S-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1instrumento utilizado para alisar roupas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ferro de passar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Para fazer uma taça com uma garrafa de refrigerante de 2 litros é preciso estilete, tesoura, régua, chapa de ferro lisa (dessas usadas para fritar pão) ou ferro de passar roupa, tinta relevo, verniz marítimo e um cano de ferro de 3 cm de diâmetro (achado em lojas de material de construção).
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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.