paralelepípedo
/pɐ.ɾɐ.lɛ.lɨ.ˈpi.pɨ.du/
The verdict
“paralelepípedo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,392 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,392
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prisma regular cujas bases são paralelogramos; hexaedro cujas faces opostas são paralelas e congruentes
Corpus desk
Index PT-paralelepipedo · paralelepípedo · Portuguese
paralelepípedo · rank #64,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,392
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH palmar
Nearest frequency peer: palmar (-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 “paralelepípedo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- organizativo
organizativo
35,620 corpus weight
- oso
oso
35,618 corpus weight
- palmar
palmar
35,610 corpus weight
- paralelepíp…
paralelepípedo
35,609 corpus weight
- payment
payment
35,601 corpus weight
- pernoitar
pernoitar
35,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “paralelepípedo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paralelepípedo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ɾɐ.lɛ.lɨ.ˈpi.pɨ.du/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #64,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “paralelepípedo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
paralelepípedo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,392 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ.ɾɐ.lɛ.lɨ.ˈpi.pɨ.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for paralelepípedo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is paralelepípedo, spelled P-A-R-A-L-E-L-E-P-Í-P-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1prisma regular cujas bases são paralelogramos; hexaedro cujas faces opostas são paralelas e congruentes
- 2bloco de pedra ou concreto com a forma de um paralelepípedo usado para calçar ruas
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).