lixeiro

/li.ˈʃɐj.ɾu/

//li.ˈʃɐj.ɾu// noun

The verdict

“lixeiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,502 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,502
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa encarregada de recolher o lixo

Corpus desk

Index PT-lixeiro · lixeiro · Portuguese

lixeiro · rank #54,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,502
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH linhaça

Nearest frequency peer: linhaça (-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 “lixeiro”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lixeiro
PropertyValue
Headwordlixeiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/li.ˈʃɐj.ɾu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “lixeiro” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).lixeirocai 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: “linhaça” (#54,501), “Lombardo” (#54,504), “labuta” (#54,488). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lixeiro” fica em #54,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lixeiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,502 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /li.ˈʃɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa encarregada de recolher o lixo".

lixeiro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is lixeiro, spelled L-I-X-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa encarregada de recolher o lixo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Até dois anos atrás, Solonei era lixeiro em Penápolis, no interior paulista.

Synonyms

coletor de lixo

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 "lixeiro"?
"lixeiro" is spelled L-I-X-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /li.ˈʃɐj.ɾu/.
What does "lixeiro" mean?
As a noun, "lixeiro" means: pessoa encarregada de recolher o lixo
How do you pronounce "lixeiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lixeiro" is /li.ˈʃɐj.ɾu/. 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 "lixeiro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list