pousadeiro
The verdict
“pousadeiro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indivíduo que oferecia ou organizava a pousada para viajantes
Corpus desk
Index PT-pousadeiro · pousadeiro · Portuguese
pousadeiro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | pousadeiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pousadeiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pousadeiro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pousadeiro in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is pousadeiro, spelled P-O-U-S-A-D-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1indivíduo que oferecia ou organizava a pousada para viajantes
- 2local onde uma ave costuma pousar; poleiro
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pousadeiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O pousadeiro acolhia mercadores que passavam pela região
As pombas retornaram ao pousadeiro ao final da tarde
Synonyms
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.