pointer
/ˈpɔɪntə/
The verdict
“pointer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,683 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,683
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ponteiro ou apontador
Corpus desk
Index PT-pointer · pointer · Portuguese
pointer · rank #72,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,683
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH polca
Nearest frequency peer: polca (+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 “pointer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pebolim
pebolim
27,333 corpus weight
- pointer
pointer
27,318 corpus weight
- polca
polca
27,317 corpus weight
- potranca
potranca
27,312 corpus weight
- predatório
predatório
27,309 corpus weight
- prevent
prevent
27,305 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pointer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pointer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɔɪntə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pointer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pointer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,683 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɔɪntə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ponteiro ou apontador".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pointer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pointer, spelled P-O-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1ponteiro ou apontador
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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