mistletoe
/ˈmɪsəlˌtoʊ/
The verdict
“mistletoe” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,987 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,987
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - visco, erva-de-passarinho (plantas arbustivas hemiparasitas das famílias Loranthaceae e Santalaceae, pertencentes à Ordem das Santalales)
Corpus desk
Index PT-mistletoe · mistletoe · Portuguese
mistletoe · rank #98,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,987
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH monsoon
Nearest frequency peer: monsoon (+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 “mistletoe”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- loulou
loulou
1,073 corpus weight
- marreca
marreca
1,046 corpus weight
- mistletoe
mistletoe
1,014 corpus weight
- monsoon
monsoon
1,006 corpus weight
- negoceia
negoceia
986 corpus weight
- pagodeiro
pagodeiro
955 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mistletoe” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mistletoe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪsəlˌtoʊ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mistletoe” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mistletoe is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,987 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪsəlˌtoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mistletoe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 mistletoe, spelled M-I-S-T-L-E-T-O-E.
Definition
- 1visco, erva-de-passarinho (plantas arbustivas hemiparasitas das famílias Loranthaceae e Santalaceae, pertencentes à Ordem das Santalales)
- 2o galho dessa planta usado como decoração de Natal
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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