onomatopeia
/ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tu.ˈpɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“onomatopeia” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palavra cujo falar lembra o som de uma coisa específica
Corpus desk
Index PT-onomatopeia · onomatopeia · Portuguese
onomatopeia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | onomatopeia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tu.ˈpɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “onomatopeia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
onomatopeia is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tu.ˈpɐj.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "palavra cujo falar lembra o som de uma coisa específica".
onomatopeia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is onomatopeia, spelled O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1palavra cujo falar lembra o som de uma coisa específica
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how onomatopeia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tic-tac é uma onomatopeia que lembra o som do relógio.
Cocorocó é uma onomatopeia que lembra o cacarejar do galo.
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.