funkeiro

/fɐ̃.ˈkej.ɾu/

//fɐ̃.ˈkej.ɾu// noun

The verdict

“funkeiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,906 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,906
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amante do funk

Corpus desk

Index PT-funkeiro · funkeiro · Portuguese

funkeiro · rank #53,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,906
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fundamentar

Nearest frequency peer: fundamentar (-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 “funkeiro”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for funkeiro
PropertyValue
Headwordfunkeiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fɐ̃.ˈkej.ɾu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,906
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “funkeiro” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.funkeirocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fundamentar” (#53,905), “gaio” (#53,908), “Gertrudes” (#53,913). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “funkeiro” fica em #53,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

funkeiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,906 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɐ̃.ˈkej.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "amante do funk".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for funkeiro, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is funkeiro, spelled F-U-N-K-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    amante do funk

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 "funkeiro"?
"funkeiro" is spelled F-U-N-K-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /fɐ̃.ˈkej.ɾu/.
What does "funkeiro" mean?
As a noun, "funkeiro" means: amante do funk
How do you pronounce "funkeiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "funkeiro" is /fɐ̃.ˈkej.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list