papaya
/pəˈpaiə; pəˈpɑːjə/
The verdict
“papaya” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,353 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,353
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamão
Corpus desk
Index PT-papaya · papaya · Portuguese
papaya · rank #68,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,353
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pachorra
Nearest frequency peer: pachorra (-3 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 “papaya”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oblíqua
oblíqua
31,658 corpus weight
- outsider
outsider
31,652 corpus weight
- pachorra
pachorra
31,651 corpus weight
- papaya
papaya
31,648 corpus weight
- pendor
pendor
31,641 corpus weight
- pendular
pendular
31,640 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “papaya” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papaya |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈpaiə; pəˈpɑːjə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “papaya” em português
Rare enough to double-check
papaya is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,353 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈpaiə; pəˈpɑːjə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
papaya doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is papaya, spelled P-A-P-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1mamão
- 2mamoeiro
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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