lúpulo

/ˈlu.pu.lu/

//ˈlu.pu.lu// noun

The verdict

“lúpulo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,666 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,666
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - liana trepadeira, perene, herbácea e rizomatosa, da família das Canabinácias, tem caules volúveis, brácteas verdes e amarelas, folhas lobadas e inflorescências dioicas masculinas unidas em panícula...

Corpus desk

Index PT-lupulo · lúpulo · Portuguese

lúpulo · rank #55,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,666
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH marajoara

Nearest frequency peer: marajoara (+7 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 “lúpulo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lúpulo
PropertyValue
Headwordlúpulo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈlu.pu.lu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,666
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “lúpulo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).lúpulocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “marajoara” (#55,673), “marry” (#55,675), “lampejo” (#55,654). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lúpulo” fica em #55,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lúpulo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,666 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlu.pu.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "liana trepadeira, perene, herbácea e rizomatosa, da família das Canabinácias, tem caules volúveis, brácteas verdes e amarelas, folhas lobadas e inflorescências dioicas masculinas unidas em panícula...".

lúpulo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is lúpulo, spelled L-Ú-P-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    liana trepadeira, perene, herbácea e rizomatosa, da família das Canabinácias, tem caules volúveis, brácteas verdes e amarelas, folhas lobadas e inflorescências dioicas masculinas unidas em panículas e as femininas em cones, usadas no fabrico de cerveja

Synonyms

pé-de-galoengatadeira

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 "lúpulo"?
"lúpulo" is spelled L-Ú-P-U-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlu.pu.lu/.
What does "lúpulo" mean?
As a noun, "lúpulo" means: liana trepadeira, perene, herbácea e rizomatosa, da família das Canabinácias, tem caules volúveis, brácteas verdes e amarelas, folhas lobadas e inflorescências dioicas masculinas unidas em panícula...
How do you pronounce "lúpulo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lúpulo" is /ˈlu.pu.lu/. 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 "lúpulo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list