lampejo
/lɐ̃.ˈpɐj.ʒu/
The verdict
“lampejo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,654 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,654
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - claridade intensa e repentina
Corpus desk
Index PT-lampejo · lampejo · Portuguese
lampejo · rank #55,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,654
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH karaté
Nearest frequency peer: karaté (-6 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 “lampejo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- irrisório
irrisório
44,365 corpus weight
- jacutinga
jacutinga
44,361 corpus weight
- karaté
karaté
44,353 corpus weight
- lampejo
lampejo
44,347 corpus weight
- lúpulo
lúpulo
44,335 corpus weight
- marajoara
marajoara
44,328 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lampejo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lampejo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɐ̃.ˈpɐj.ʒu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lampejo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lampejo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,654 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɐ̃.ˈpɐj.ʒu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "claridade intensa e repentina".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lampejo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is lampejo, spelled L-A-M-P-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1claridade intensa e repentina
Synonyms
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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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