herbívoro
/ɛɾ.ˈbi.vu.ɾu/
The verdict
“herbívoro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,220 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,220
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se alimenta de ervas ou de vegetais
Corpus desk
Index PT-herbivoro · herbívoro · Portuguese
herbívoro · rank #77,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,220
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH helium
Nearest frequency peer: helium (-4 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 “herbívoro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gelatinoso
gelatinoso
22,814 corpus weight
- hegemônico
hegemônico
22,787 corpus weight
- helium
helium
22,785 corpus weight
- herbívoro
herbívoro
22,781 corpus weight
- igarapés
igarapés
22,765 corpus weight
- incestuoso
incestuoso
22,755 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “herbívoro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herbívoro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛɾ.ˈbi.vu.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “herbívoro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
herbívoro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,220 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɛɾ.ˈbi.vu.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que se alimenta de ervas ou de vegetais".
Zero misspellings are on record for herbívoro in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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.
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 herbívoro, spelled H-E-R-B-Í-V-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1que se alimenta de ervas ou de vegetais
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herbívoro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dinossauro herbívoro tinha pescoço bem desproporcional para seu corpo.
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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