heavy metal

phrase

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The verdict

“heavy metal” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gênero do rock que se desenvolveu no fim da década de 1960 e no início da década de 1970, em grande parte, no Reino Unido e nos Estados Unidos; seu som se caracteriza por altas distorções amplifica...

Key facts for heavy metal
PropertyValue
Headwordheavy metal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “heavy metal” sits in Portuguese frequency

heavy metal falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heavy metal is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gênero do rock que se desenvolveu no fim da década de 1960 e no início da década de 1970, em grande parte, no Reino Unido e nos Estados Unidos; seu som se caracteriza por altas distorções amplifica...".

Zero misspellings are on record for heavy metal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is heavy metal, spelled H-E-A-V-Y- -M-E-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    gênero do rock que se desenvolveu no fim da década de 1960 e no início da década de 1970, em grande parte, no Reino Unido e nos Estados Unidos; seu som se caracteriza por altas distorções amplificadas, prolongados solos de guitarra e batidas enfáticas

Synonyms

metalrock pauleira

This word in other languages

heavy metal(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heavy metal"?
"heavy metal" is spelled H-E-A-V-Y- -M-E-T-A-L.
What does "heavy metal" mean?
As a phrase, "heavy metal" means: gênero do rock que se desenvolveu no fim da década de 1960 e no início da década de 1970, em grande parte, no Reino Unido e nos Estados Unidos; seu som se caracteriza por altas distorções amplifica...
What language does "heavy metal" come from?
"heavy metal" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “heavy metal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-A-V-Y- -M-E-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list