ladrilho

/lɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎu/

//lɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎu// noun

The verdict

“ladrilho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,602 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,602
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - placa usada para o revestimento de paredes, fachadas, pisos etc

Corpus desk

Index PT-ladrilho · ladrilho · Portuguese

ladrilho · rank #67,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,602
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH ladino

Nearest frequency peer: ladino (-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 “ladrilho”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ladrilho
PropertyValue
Headwordladrilho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ladrilho” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ladrilhocai 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: “ladino” (#67,601), “Lack” (#67,599), “labareda” (#67,598). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “ladrilho” fica em #67,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ladrilho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,602 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "placa usada para o revestimento de paredes, fachadas, pisos etc".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ladrilho in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ladrilho, spelled L-A-D-R-I-L-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    placa usada para o revestimento de paredes, fachadas, pisos etc

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 "ladrilho"?
"ladrilho" is spelled L-A-D-R-I-L-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /lɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎu/.
What does "ladrilho" mean?
As a noun, "ladrilho" means: placa usada para o revestimento de paredes, fachadas, pisos etc
How do you pronounce "ladrilho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ladrilho" is /lɐ.ˈdɾi.ʎu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ladrilho" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ladrilho", 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