guizo
/ˈɡi.zu/
The verdict
“guizo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #93,842 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #93,842
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequena esfera oca de metal, que contém bolinhas maciças e que, ao agitarem-se, produzem som
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guizo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡi.zu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guizo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for guizo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡi.zu/. Corpus data places it at rank #93,842 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pequena esfera oca de metal, que contém bolinhas maciças e que, ao agitarem-se, produzem som".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for guizo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is guizo, spelled G-U-I-Z-O.
Definition
- 1pequena esfera oca de metal, que contém bolinhas maciças e que, ao agitarem-se, produzem som
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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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Using “guizo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-U-I-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡi.zu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.