meat
/ˈmiːt/
The verdict
“meat” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,191 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,191
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - carne
Corpus desk
Index PT-meat · meat · Portuguese
meat · rank #51,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,191
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH migalha
Nearest frequency peer: migalha (+8 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 “meat”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ledo
ledo
48,838 corpus weight
- lighting
lighting
48,832 corpus weight
- meat
meat
48,810 corpus weight
- migalha
migalha
48,802 corpus weight
- minimização
minimização
48,798 corpus weight
- naja
naja
48,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “meat” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meat |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmiːt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “meat” em português
Rare enough to double-check
meat is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,191 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmiːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for meat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is meat, spelled M-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1carne
- 2polpa, a parte carnosa de dentro de uma fruta:
- 3reforço:
- 4nata, a melhor parte de algo:
- 5clã
- 6o local ótimo no bastão (centro de percussão) para se acertar a bola
- 7tipo de carne
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how meat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
If the assembly is too flexible, we could add some more meat to the supports to stiffen it up.
Synonyms
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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