patchwork
The verdict
“patchwork” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,743 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,743
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - técnica que une retalhos de tecido em algo por meio da costura
Corpus desk
Index PT-patchwork · patchwork · Portuguese
patchwork · rank #86,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,743
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH permission
Nearest frequency peer: permission (+10 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 “patchwork”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- newly
newly
13,302 corpus weight
- patchwork
patchwork
13,258 corpus weight
- permission
permission
13,248 corpus weight
- piratear
piratear
13,242 corpus weight
- Polonia
Polonia
13,238 corpus weight
- preá
preá
13,223 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “patchwork” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patchwork |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “patchwork” em português
Rare enough to double-check
patchwork is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,743 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "técnica que une retalhos de tecido em algo por meio da costura".
patchwork doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 patchwork, spelled P-A-T-C-H-W-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1técnica que une retalhos de tecido em algo por meio da costura
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how patchwork appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas os tempos são outros e uma moça paulistana – de antenas apontadas para a arte, a moda e o design – encontrou um bom negócio ao unir esse estilo clássico francês com o patchwork.
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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