ferroada
/fe.ʁoˈa.dɐ/ [fe.hoˈa.dɐ]
The verdict
“ferroada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,714 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,714
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de picar (o inseto, aracnídeo, etc.) com ferrão ou com as mandíbulas, podendo ou não haver injeção de veneno
Corpus desk
Index PT-ferroada · ferroada · Portuguese
ferroada · rank #97,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,714
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH flirt
Nearest frequency peer: flirt (+7 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 “ferroada”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- espetro
espetro
2,322 corpus weight
- eximir
eximir
2,305 corpus weight
- ferroada
ferroada
2,287 corpus weight
- flirt
flirt
2,280 corpus weight
- florada
florada
2,277 corpus weight
- foundry
foundry
2,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ferroada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferroada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fe.ʁoˈa.dɐ/ [fe.hoˈa.dɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ferroada” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ferroada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,714 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fe.ʁoˈa.dɐ/ [fe.hoˈa.dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ferroada, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ferroada, spelled F-E-R-R-O-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1ação de picar (o inseto, aracnídeo, etc.) com ferrão ou com as mandíbulas, podendo ou não haver injeção de veneno
- 2a marca deixada pela ferroada
- 3a furada pela agulha de injeção
- 4dor aguda e repentina
- 5comentário feito para censurar de forma aguda e maliciosa
- 6pancada e marca da ponta de ferro do pião
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ferroada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abriu a porta; nada viu. Ia procurar nos cantos, quando sentiu uma ferroada no peito do pé. Quase gritou. Abaixou a vela para ver melhor e deu com uma enorme saúva agarrada com toda a fúria à sua pele magra.
— Sinto muitas coisas, doutor; dores pelo corpo, cansaço, ferroadas no estômago, opressão no peito.
This word in other languages
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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