patíbulo
The verdict
“patíbulo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estrado ou lugar onde os condenados sofrem a pena capital
Corpus desk
Index PT-patibulo · patíbulo · Portuguese
patíbulo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | patíbulo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “patíbulo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
patíbulo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
patíbulo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is patíbulo, spelled P-A-T-Í-B-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1estrado ou lugar onde os condenados sofrem a pena capital
- 2cadafalso
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how patíbulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Ele subiu com calma ao patíbulo, resoluto e valente”, disse o conselheiro de Segurança Nacional, Muafaq al-Rubai, que testemunhou a execução.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.