guizo
/ˈɡi.zu/
The verdict
“guizo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,842 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,842
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena esfera oca de metal, que contém bolinhas maciças e que, ao agitarem-se, produzem som
Corpus desk
Index PT-guizo · guizo · Portuguese
guizo · rank #93,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,842
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH haicai
Nearest frequency peer: haicai (+6 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 “guizo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- froid
froid
6,192 corpus weight
- guizo
guizo
6,159 corpus weight
- haicai
haicai
6,153 corpus weight
- inadimpleme…
inadimplemento
6,119 corpus weight
- indiscrição
indiscrição
6,116 corpus weight
- inté
inté
6,105 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “guizo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “guizo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
guizo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,842 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡi.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how guizo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas preferiu não pôr o guizo no gato. O presidente está só. O núcleo duro do governo desabou, fustigado por graves acusações de corrupção.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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