gamela
/ga.ˈmɛ.la/
The verdict
“gamela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,297 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,297
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vasilha em formato de bacia ou semelhante, esculpida em madeira a partir de troncos de árvores
Corpus desk
Index PT-gamela · gamela · Portuguese
gamela · rank #81,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,297
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gandaia
Nearest frequency peer: gandaia (+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 “gamela”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- flama
flama
18,729 corpus weight
- fogueteiro
fogueteiro
18,724 corpus weight
- folias
folias
18,722 corpus weight
- frívolo
frívolo
18,713 corpus weight
- gamela
gamela
18,704 corpus weight
- gandaia
gandaia
18,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gamela” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gamela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ga.ˈmɛ.la/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gamela” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gamela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,297 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ga.ˈmɛ.la/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
gamela has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is gamela, spelled G-A-M-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1vasilha em formato de bacia ou semelhante, esculpida em madeira a partir de troncos de árvores
- 2escudela
- 3corça pequena
- 4individuo boçal, lorpa
Synonyms
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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