perro
/ˈpe.Ru/
The verdict
“perro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,144 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,144
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pertinaz
Corpus desk
Index PT-perro · perro · Portuguese
perro · rank #50,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,144
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH polir
Nearest frequency peer: polir (+7 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 “perro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ouija
ouija
49,873 corpus weight
- paio
paio
49,872 corpus weight
- parati
parati
49,869 corpus weight
- perro
perro
49,857 corpus weight
- polir
polir
49,850 corpus weight
- poluir
poluir
49,849 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “perro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpe.Ru/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “perro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
perro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,144 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpe.Ru/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for perro in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is perro, spelled P-E-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1pertinaz
- 2teimoso
- 3mau
- 4emperrado
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).