libélula
/li.ˈbɛ.lu.lɐ/
The verdict
“libélula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,231 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,231
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação comum para várias espécies de insetos carnívoros da ordem dos odonatos que, na forma adulta, são dotados cabeças arredondadas com dois grandes olhos, de abdome fino e asas membranosas tr...
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Index PT-libelula · libélula · Portuguese
libélula · rank #56,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,231
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH kinda
Nearest frequency peer: kinda (-14 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 “libélula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- intervenien…
interveniente
43,802 corpus weight
- invejar
invejar
43,799 corpus weight
- kinda
kinda
43,784 corpus weight
- libélula
libélula
43,770 corpus weight
- mortandade
mortandade
43,740 corpus weight
- mullet
mullet
43,736 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “libélula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libélula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /li.ˈbɛ.lu.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “libélula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
libélula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,231 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /li.ˈbɛ.lu.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "designação comum para várias espécies de insetos carnívoros da ordem dos odonatos que, na forma adulta, são dotados cabeças arredondadas com dois grandes olhos, de abdome fino e asas membranosas tr...".
Zero misspellings are on record for libélula in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is libélula, spelled L-I-B-É-L-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1designação comum para várias espécies de insetos carnívoros da ordem dos odonatos que, na forma adulta, são dotados cabeças arredondadas com dois grandes olhos, de abdome fino e asas membranosas transparentes que, ao contrário de sua parenta formiga-leão, tem a fase larval na água, período em que são bastante vorazes; o que a difere de outros insetos similares, como a donzelinha, é o fato de suas asas, quando em repouso, ficarem perpendiculares ao corpo
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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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