fruteiro
The verdict
“fruteiro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quem gosta de frutas
Corpus desk
Index PT-fruteiro · fruteiro · Portuguese
fruteiro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fruteiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fruteiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fruteiro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fruteiro, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fruteiro, spelled F-R-U-T-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1quem gosta de frutas
- 2quem comercializa frutas
- 3fruteira (recipiente em que se dispõem frutas)
- 4saíra-de-chapéu-preto (Nemosia pileata)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fruteiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Casado com uma italiana, o fruteiro de 42 anos mora em Mestre, na província de Veneza.
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.