fumeiro
/fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“fumeiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,988 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,988
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - local onde se afuma
Corpus desk
Index PT-fumeiro · fumeiro · Portuguese
fumeiro · rank #77,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,988
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH frisson
Nearest frequency peer: frisson (-2 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 “fumeiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fogoso
fogoso
22,026 corpus weight
- fretar
fretar
22,017 corpus weight
- frigo
frigo
22,016 corpus weight
- frisson
frisson
22,015 corpus weight
- fumeiro
fumeiro
22,013 corpus weight
- gerontologia
gerontologia
22,000 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fumeiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fumeiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fumeiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fumeiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,988 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fumeiro, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is fumeiro, spelled F-U-M-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1local onde se afuma
- 2parte da chaminé por onde sai o fumo
- 3vianda de carne exposta ao fumo para melhor se conservar, (alheira, chouriço, linguiça, salpicão ...)
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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