medronheiro
/mɨ.dɾu.ˈɲɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“medronheiro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - arbusto da família das Ericáceas, sempre verde com frutos comestíveis (Arbutus unedo)
Corpus desk
Index PT-medronheiro · medronheiro · Portuguese
medronheiro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medronheiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɨ.dɾu.ˈɲɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “medronheiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
medronheiro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɨ.dɾu.ˈɲɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arbusto da família das Ericáceas, sempre verde com frutos comestíveis (Arbutus unedo)".
No misspelling variants are generated for medronheiro in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 medronheiro, spelled M-E-D-R-O-N-H-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1arbusto da família das Ericáceas, sempre verde com frutos comestíveis (Arbutus unedo)
Synonyms
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