letrista

noun

The verdict

“letrista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,056 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,056
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - profissional de música que escreve a letra das canções

Corpus desk

Index PT-letrista · letrista · Portuguese

letrista · rank #61,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,056
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH lhamas

Nearest frequency peer: lhamas (+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 “letrista”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for letrista
PropertyValue
Headwordletrista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “letrista” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).letristacai 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: “lhamas” (#61,057), “leniência” (#61,054), “limo” (#61,061). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “letrista” fica em #61,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

letrista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,056 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "profissional de música que escreve a letra das canções".

No misspelling variants are generated for letrista in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is letrista, spelled L-E-T-R-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    profissional de música que escreve a letra das canções

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how letrista appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O letrista Cláudio Rabello também aprecia sua criação, embora ela não seja a mais rentável entre as suas mais de mil composições.

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 "letrista"?
"letrista" is spelled L-E-T-R-I-S-T-A.
What does "letrista" mean?
As a noun, "letrista" means: profissional de música que escreve a letra das canções
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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