picadeiro
/pi.kaˈde(j).ɾu/
The verdict
“picadeiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,934 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,934
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte central de um circo, onde se fazem as apresentações
Corpus desk
Index PT-picadeiro · picadeiro · Portuguese
picadeiro · rank #52,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,934
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH penoso
Nearest frequency peer: penoso (-6 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 “picadeiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- peek
peek
47,075 corpus weight
- pender
pender
47,074 corpus weight
- penoso
penoso
47,073 corpus weight
- picadeiro
picadeiro
47,067 corpus weight
- pomposo
pomposo
47,061 corpus weight
- ponderado
ponderado
47,060 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “picadeiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | picadeiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pi.kaˈde(j).ɾu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “picadeiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
picadeiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,934 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pi.kaˈde(j).ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
picadeiro has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is picadeiro, spelled P-I-C-A-D-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1parte central de um circo, onde se fazem as apresentações
- 2local em que cavalos são treinados ou se fazem exercícios de equitação
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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