hospitaleiro

/os.pi.ta.ˈlej.ɾu/, /os.pi.ta.ˈle.ɾu/

//os.pi.ta.ˈlej.ɾu/, /os.pi.ta.ˈle.ɾu// adj

The verdict

“hospitaleiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,618 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,618
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que fornece hospedagem

Corpus desk

Index PT-hospitaleiro · hospitaleiro · Portuguese

hospitaleiro · rank #55,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,618
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hom

Nearest frequency peer: hom (-2 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 “hospitaleiro”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hospitaleiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hospitaleiro
PropertyValue
Headwordhospitaleiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/os.pi.ta.ˈlej.ɾu/, /os.pi.ta.ˈle.ɾu/
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,618
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hospitaleiro” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).hospitaleirocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “hom” (#55,616), “hedonista” (#55,606), “hastear” (#55,603). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hospitaleiro” fica em #55,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hospitaleiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,618 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /os.pi.ta.ˈlej.ɾu/, /os.pi.ta.ˈle.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hospitaleiro, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 hospitaleiro, spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que fornece hospedagem
  2. 2
    que acolhe os hóspedes com gosto

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hospitaleiro"?
"hospitaleiro" is spelled H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /os.pi.ta.ˈlej.ɾu/, /os.pi.ta.ˈle.ɾu/.
What does "hospitaleiro" mean?
As an adjective, "hospitaleiro" means: que fornece hospedagem
How do you pronounce "hospitaleiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hospitaleiro" is /os.pi.ta.ˈlej.ɾu/, /os.pi.ta.ˈle.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hospitaleiro" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hospitaleiro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list