guppy
/ˈɡʌpi/
The verdict
“guppy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,841 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,841
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequeno peixe de água doce, Poecilia reticulata, popular em aquários domésticos, que geralmente tem corpo liso e cauda preta ou azul-escura nas fêmeas e uma cauda mais colorida nos machos; podem va...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guppy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌpi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “guppy” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
guppy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,841 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡʌpi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pequeno peixe de água doce, Poecilia reticulata, popular em aquários domésticos, que geralmente tem corpo liso e cauda preta ou azul-escura nas fêmeas e uma cauda mais colorida nos machos; podem va...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for guppy in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is guppy, spelled G-U-P-P-Y.
Definition
- 1pequeno peixe de água doce, Poecilia reticulata, popular em aquários domésticos, que geralmente tem corpo liso e cauda preta ou azul-escura nas fêmeas e uma cauda mais colorida nos machos; podem variar de tamanho, mas os machos medem 4 cm e as fêmeas 7 cm
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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Using “guppy”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-U-P-P-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡʌpi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.