maltrapilho
/maw.tɾaˈpi.ʎu/ [maʊ̯.tɾaˈpi.ʎu]
The verdict
“maltrapilho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,089 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,089
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do indivíduo mal vestido, com roupas aos farrapos ou em desalinho
Corpus desk
Index PT-maltrapilho · maltrapilho · Portuguese
maltrapilho · rank #92,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,089
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH malhão
Nearest frequency peer: malhão (-2 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 “maltrapilho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lasso
lasso
7,948 corpus weight
- malhão
malhão
7,914 corpus weight
- maltrapilho
maltrapilho
7,912 corpus weight
- Marcin
Marcin
7,906 corpus weight
- marmitex
marmitex
7,900 corpus weight
- mastodonte
mastodonte
7,893 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “maltrapilho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maltrapilho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /maw.tɾaˈpi.ʎu/ [maʊ̯.tɾaˈpi.ʎu] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “maltrapilho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
maltrapilho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,089 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /maw.tɾaˈpi.ʎu/ [maʊ̯.tɾaˈpi.ʎu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se do indivíduo mal vestido, com roupas aos farrapos ou em desalinho".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maltrapilho, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 maltrapilho, spelled M-A-L-T-R-A-P-I-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do indivíduo mal vestido, com roupas aos farrapos ou em desalinho
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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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