quati
The verdict
“quati” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,383 among 274 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,383
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 274
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero carnívoro de focinho comprido
| 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) |
Where “quati” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quati is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,383 among 274 “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
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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Using “quati”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-A-T-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.