olmo
/ˈoɫ.mu/
The verdict
“olmo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,233 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,233
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome genérico de árvores de várias espécies do gênero Ulmus L., família Ulmaceae; são grandes árvores nativas na Europa (sobretudo Ulmus minor, nativo da Península Ibérica), alcançando os 30 metros...
Corpus desk
Index PT-olmo · olmo · Portuguese
olmo · rank #51,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,233
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH outorgar
Nearest frequency peer: outorgar (+5 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 “olmo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- minimização
minimização
48,798 corpus weight
- naja
naja
48,786 corpus weight
- olmo
olmo
48,768 corpus weight
- outorgar
outorgar
48,763 corpus weight
- peel
peel
48,750 corpus weight
- pemba
pemba
48,749 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “olmo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | olmo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈoɫ.mu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “olmo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
olmo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,233 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈoɫ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nome genérico de árvores de várias espécies do gênero Ulmus L., família Ulmaceae; são grandes árvores nativas na Europa (sobretudo Ulmus minor, nativo da Península Ibérica), alcançando os 30 metros...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for olmo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is olmo, spelled O-L-M-O.
Definition
- 1nome genérico de árvores de várias espécies do gênero Ulmus L., família Ulmaceae; são grandes árvores nativas na Europa (sobretudo Ulmus minor, nativo da Península Ibérica), alcançando os 30 metros de altura
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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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