puxador

/pu.ʃɐ.ˈdoɾ/

//pu.ʃɐ.ˈdoɾ// noun

The verdict

“puxador” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,961 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,961
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de madeira ou metal que afixada a uma porta ou gaveta serve de meio para abrí-las ou fechá-las.

Corpus desk

Index PT-puxador · puxador · Portuguese

puxador · rank #52,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,961
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH psiu

Nearest frequency peer: psiu (-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 “puxador”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “puxador” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for puxador
PropertyValue
Headwordpuxador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pu.ʃɐ.ˈdoɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “puxador” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).puxadorcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “psiu” (#52,960), “querubim” (#52,964), “rabeca” (#52,966). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “puxador” fica em #52,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

puxador is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,961 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pu.ʃɐ.ˈdoɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

puxador doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is puxador, spelled P-U-X-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de madeira ou metal que afixada a uma porta ou gaveta serve de meio para abrí-las ou fechá-las.
  2. 2
    ladrão que rouba carro

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how puxador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. jornal Folha de São Paulo de 07 de agosto de 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20240814184720/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cotidian/ff0708200001.htm

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puxador"?
"puxador" is spelled P-U-X-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pu.ʃɐ.ˈdoɾ/.
What does "puxador" mean?
As a noun, "puxador" means: peça de madeira ou metal que afixada a uma porta ou gaveta serve de meio para abrí-las ou fechá-las.
How do you pronounce "puxador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "puxador" is /pu.ʃɐ.ˈdoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puxador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list