nimbo
/'nĩ.bu/
The verdict
“nimbo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande nuvem cinzenta, espessa e de baixa altitude, que precipita facilmente em chuva ou neve
Corpus desk
Index PT-nimbo · nimbo · Portuguese
nimbo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nimbo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'nĩ.bu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nimbo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nimbo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /'nĩ.bu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for nimbo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is nimbo, spelled N-I-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1grande nuvem cinzenta, espessa e de baixa altitude, que precipita facilmente em chuva ou neve
- 2círculo luminoso que circula a cabeça das imagens dos santos; auréola
- 3designação vulgar do cinamomo ou amargoseira
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nimbo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.