primor
/pɾi.ˈmoɾ/
The verdict
“primor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,421 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,421
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - perfeição, esmero, beleza:
Corpus desk
Index PT-primor · primor · Portuguese
primor · rank #66,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,421
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH providencial
Nearest frequency peer: providencial (+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 “primor”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- parafernália
parafernália
33,618 corpus weight
- penugem
penugem
33,612 corpus weight
- primor
primor
33,580 corpus weight
- providencial
providencial
33,574 corpus weight
- recortar
recortar
33,559 corpus weight
- retrair
retrair
33,540 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “primor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | primor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾi.ˈmoɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “primor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
primor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,421 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɾi.ˈmoɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for primor in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is primor, spelled P-R-I-M-O-R.
Definition
- 1perfeição, esmero, beleza:
- 2o máximo, obra-prima:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how primor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vestir com primor.
Aquele romance é um primor.
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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