igarapés

/i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛs/

//i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛs// noun

The verdict

“igarapés” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,236 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,236
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural de igarapé

Corpus desk

Index PT-igarapes · igarapés · Portuguese

igarapés · rank #77,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,236
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH incestuoso

Nearest frequency peer: incestuoso (+10 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 “igarapés”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for igarapés
PropertyValue
Headwordigarapés
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛs/
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “igarapés” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “incestuoso” (#77,246), “herbívoro” (#77,220), “helium” (#77,216). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “igarapés” fica em #77,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

igarapés is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,236 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural de igarapé".

No generated misspelling entries exist for igarapés in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is igarapés, spelled I-G-A-R-A-P-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural de igarapé

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 "igarapés"?
"igarapés" is spelled I-G-A-R-A-P-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is /i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛs/.
What does "igarapés" mean?
As a noun, "igarapés" means: plural de igarapé
How do you pronounce "igarapés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "igarapés" is /i.ɡa.ɾaˈpɛs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list