metralhar
/mɨ.tɾɐ.ˈʎaɾ/
The verdict
“metralhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,952 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,952
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atirar metralha
Corpus desk
Index PT-metralhar · metralhar · Portuguese
metralhar · rank #97,952 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,952
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH medianamente
Nearest frequency peer: medianamente (-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 “metralhar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- manes
manes
2,075 corpus weight
- marmeleiro
marmeleiro
2,071 corpus weight
- medianamente
medianamente
2,056 corpus weight
- metralhar
metralhar
2,049 corpus weight
- Múrcia
Múrcia
2,028 corpus weight
- neodímio
neodímio
2,022 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “metralhar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metralhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mɨ.tɾɐ.ˈʎaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “metralhar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
metralhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,952 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /mɨ.tɾɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for metralhar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is metralhar, spelled M-E-T-R-A-L-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1atirar metralha
- 2disparar metralha
- 3atirar grande quantidade de projéteis sobre
- 4o matraquear continuado de qualquer coisa
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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