novelo
/nu.ˈve.lu/
The verdict
“novelo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,913 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,913
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bola de fio enrolado
Corpus desk
Index PT-novelo · novelo · Portuguese
novelo · rank #59,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,913
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH obstinação
Nearest frequency peer: obstinação (+3 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 “novelo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mosto
mosto
40,106 corpus weight
- murchar
murchar
40,104 corpus weight
- novelo
novelo
40,088 corpus weight
- obstinação
obstinação
40,085 corpus weight
- oxygen
oxygen
40,078 corpus weight
- pando
pando
40,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “novelo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | novelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nu.ˈve.lu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “novelo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
novelo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,913 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /nu.ˈve.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for novelo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is novelo, spelled N-O-V-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1bola de fio enrolado
- 2enredo; intriga; embrulhada
- 3arbusto de flores caraterísticas da espécie Viburnum opulus; noveleiro, rosa-de-gueldres
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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