ouropel

//o(w).ɾoˈpɛw/ [o(ʊ̯).ɾoˈpɛʊ̯]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Language

Portuguese

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ouropel is aPortuguesenoun. It means: folha delgada de latão ou outro metal imitando ouro Pronounced /o(w).ɾoˈpɛw/ [o(ʊ̯).ɾoˈpɛʊ̯].

Key facts for ouropel
PropertyValue
Headwordouropel
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/o(w).ɾoˈpɛw/ [o(ʊ̯).ɾoˈpɛʊ̯]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

ouropel is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ouropel is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /o(w).ɾoˈpɛw/ [o(ʊ̯).ɾoˈpɛʊ̯]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for ouropel 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 ouropel, spelled O-U-R-O-P-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    folha delgada de latão ou outro metal imitando ouro
  2. 2
    por extensão, aquilo que tem aparência enganosa de luxo; falso brilho; ornamento barato
  3. 3
    discurso que, ostentando um estilo cheio de pompa, esconde contudo ideias falsas ou falhas

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ouropel"?
"ouropel" is spelled O-U-R-O-P-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /o(w).ɾoˈpɛw/ [o(ʊ̯).ɾoˈpɛʊ̯].
What does "ouropel" mean?
As a noun, "ouropel" means: folha delgada de latão ou outro metal imitando ouro
How do you pronounce "ouropel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouropel" is /o(w).ɾoˈpɛw/ [o(ʊ̯).ɾoˈpɛʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouropel" come from?
"ouropel" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.