morteiro
/muɾ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“morteiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,012 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,012
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - canhão curto de boca larga
Corpus desk
Index PT-morteiro · morteiro · Portuguese
morteiro · rank #54,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,012
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH nefasto
Nearest frequency peer: nefasto (+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 “morteiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mayday
mayday
46,004 corpus weight
- morteiro
morteiro
45,989 corpus weight
- nefasto
nefasto
45,982 corpus weight
- nivelamento
nivelamento
45,979 corpus weight
- nut
nut
45,977 corpus weight
- náufrago
náufrago
45,976 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “morteiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morteiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /muɾ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “morteiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
morteiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,012 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /muɾ.ˈtɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for morteiro, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is morteiro, spelled M-O-R-T-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1canhão curto de boca larga
- 2peça de ferro de pequenas dimensões que se ataca de pólvora para dar tiros imitando salvas de artilharia
- 3vaso em que se pisa ou esmaga qualquer coisa com pilão
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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