holofote
/ɔ.lɔ.ˈfɔ.tɨ/
The verdict
“holofote” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,790 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,790
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de lanterna ou projetor que ilumina os objetos à distância
Corpus desk
Index PT-holofote · holofote · Portuguese
holofote · rank #52,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,790
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hispano
Nearest frequency peer: hispano (-1 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 “holofote”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- harpia
harpia
47,218 corpus weight
- hipnotizar
hipnotizar
47,213 corpus weight
- hispano
hispano
47,212 corpus weight
- holofote
holofote
47,211 corpus weight
- ilusório
ilusório
47,203 corpus weight
- imobilização
imobilização
47,200 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “holofote” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holofote |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.lɔ.ˈfɔ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “holofote” em português
Rare enough to double-check
holofote is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,790 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔ.lɔ.ˈfɔ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for holofote, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 holofote, spelled H-O-L-O-F-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1espécie de lanterna ou projetor que ilumina os objetos à distância
- 2atração de atenção para si
- 3o par de porções musculares arredondadas abaixo da linha da cintura findado as costas
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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