olmo
/ˈoɫ.mu/
The verdict
“olmo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,233 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,233
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “olmo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for olmo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈoɫ.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,233 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “olmo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-L-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈoɫ.mu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.