papeira
/pɐ.ˈpɐj.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“papeira” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - doença da infância geralmente inócua; a inflamação de uma ou ambas glândulas salivares parótidas, responsáveis por produzir saliva, são sua principal característica
| 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) |
Where “papeira” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for papeira is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.ˈpɐj.ɾɐ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “papeira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-P-E-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.ˈpɐj.ɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.