marmeleiro
The verdict
“marmeleiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,930 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,930
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore da família das Rosáceas que produz os marmelos com que se faz a marmelada
Corpus desk
Index PT-marmeleiro · marmeleiro · Portuguese
marmeleiro · rank #97,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,930
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH manes
Nearest frequency peer: manes (-4 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 “marmeleiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ligeireza
ligeireza
2,102 corpus weight
- lácteo
lácteo
2,093 corpus weight
- manes
manes
2,075 corpus weight
- marmeleiro
marmeleiro
2,071 corpus weight
- medianamente
medianamente
2,056 corpus weight
- metralhar
metralhar
2,049 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “marmeleiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marmeleiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “marmeleiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
marmeleiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,930 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marmeleiro in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is marmeleiro, spelled M-A-R-M-E-L-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1árvore da família das Rosáceas que produz os marmelos com que se faz a marmelada
- 2marmeleiro-molar: Cydonia oblonga
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marmeleiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jurema, catingueira, juazeiro, marmeleiro, pereiro, espécies originárias da região são arrancadas sem dó para serem vendidas a carradas.
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.
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