fumeiro

/fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/

//fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu// noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fumeiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fumeiro
PropertyValue
Headwordfumeiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fumeiro” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fumeirocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “frisson” (#77,986), “frigo” (#77,985), “fretar” (#77,984). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fumeiro” fica em #77,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    local onde se afuma
  2. 2
    parte da chaminé por onde sai o fumo
  3. 3
    vianda 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fumeiro"?
"fumeiro" is spelled F-U-M-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/.
What does "fumeiro" mean?
As a noun, "fumeiro" means: local onde se afuma
How do you pronounce "fumeiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fumeiro" is /fu.ˈmɐj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fumeiro" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fumeiro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list