papeira
/pɐ.ˈpɐj.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“papeira” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença da infância geralmente inócua; a inflamação de uma ou ambas glândulas salivares parótidas, responsáveis por produzir saliva, são sua principal característica
Corpus desk
Index PT-papeira · papeira · Portuguese
papeira · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | papeira |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈpɐj.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “papeira” em português
Rare enough to double-check
papeira is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ.ˈpɐj.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "doença da infância geralmente inócua; a inflamação de uma ou ambas glândulas salivares parótidas, responsáveis por produzir saliva, são sua principal característica".
papeira has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is papeira, spelled P-A-P-E-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1doença da infância geralmente inócua; a inflamação de uma ou ambas glândulas salivares parótidas, responsáveis por produzir saliva, são sua principal característica
Synonyms
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.