flâmula
The verdict
“flâmula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,748 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,748
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bandeira triangular
Corpus desk
Index PT-flamula · flâmula · Portuguese
flâmula · rank #78,748 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,748
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH focinheira
Nearest frequency peer: focinheira (+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 “flâmula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fecundo
fecundo
21,262 corpus weight
- flâmula
flâmula
21,253 corpus weight
- focinheira
focinheira
21,252 corpus weight
- folhear
folhear
21,247 corpus weight
- fonógrafo
fonógrafo
21,245 corpus weight
- frugal
frugal
21,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “flâmula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flâmula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “flâmula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
flâmula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,748 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bandeira triangular".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for flâmula, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is flâmula, spelled F-L-Â-M-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1bandeira triangular
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flâmula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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