nómada

//ˈnɔ.mɐ.dɐ// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#67,008

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

nómada is anPortugueseadj. It means: diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente Pronounced /ˈnɔ.mɐ.dɐ/.

Key facts for nómada
PropertyValue
Headwordnómada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈnɔ.mɐ.dɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,008
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nómada in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for nómada is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnɔ.mɐ.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,008 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente".

No misspelling variants are generated for nómada in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is nómada, spelled N-Ó-M-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente

Frequency rank: #67,008 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nómada"?
"nómada" is spelled N-Ó-M-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈnɔ.mɐ.dɐ/.
What does "nómada" mean?
As an adj, "nómada" means: diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente
How do you pronounce "nómada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nómada" is /ˈnɔ.mɐ.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nómada" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.