quati
The verdict
“quati” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,383 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,383
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mamífero carnívoro de focinho comprido
Corpus desk
Index PT-quati · quati · Portuguese
quati · rank #90,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,383
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH quenga
Nearest frequency peer: quenga (+3 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 “quati”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- percalço
percalço
9,669 corpus weight
- perpendicul…
perpendicularmente
9,665 corpus weight
- politeísmo
politeísmo
9,649 corpus weight
- quati
quati
9,618 corpus weight
- quenga
quenga
9,615 corpus weight
- rodante
rodante
9,564 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quati” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quati |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “quati” em português
Rare enough to double-check
quati is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,383 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mamífero carnívoro de focinho comprido".
quati has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 quati, spelled Q-U-A-T-I.
Definition
- 1mamífero carnívoro de focinho comprido
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quati appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um homem de 39 anos foi preso segunda-feira por ter caçado ilegalmente para comer animais da fauna silvestre, como tatu-peba e quati, no bairro Pedregulho, na zona rural de Itu (SP).
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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