owl
/ˈaʊɫ/, /ˈaʊəɫ/
The verdict
“owl” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,340 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,340
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coruja, mocho, ave da ordem Strigiformes:
Corpus desk
Index PT-owl · owl · Portuguese
owl · rank #52,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,340
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH pacificar
Nearest frequency peer: pacificar (+1 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 “owl”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oboé
oboé
47,675 corpus weight
- olivera
olivera
47,666 corpus weight
- omitido
omitido
47,665 corpus weight
- owl
owl
47,661 corpus weight
- pacificar
pacificar
47,660 corpus weight
- pegajoso
pegajoso
47,649 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “owl” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | owl |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaʊɫ/, /ˈaʊəɫ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “owl” em português
Rare enough to double-check
owl is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,340 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈaʊɫ/, /ˈaʊəɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "coruja, mocho, ave da ordem Strigiformes:".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for owl, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is owl, spelled O-W-L.
Definition
- 1coruja, mocho, ave da ordem Strigiformes:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how owl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most owls are nocturnal, actively hunting their prey only in darkness.
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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