quati

noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quati
PropertyValue
Headwordquati
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,383
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quati” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).quaticai 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: “quenga” (#90,386), “politeísmo” (#90,352), “perpendicularmente” (#90,336). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quati” fica em #90,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    mamífero carnívoro de focinho comprido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quati"?
"quati" is spelled Q-U-A-T-I.
What does "quati" mean?
As a noun, "quati" means: mamífero carnívoro de focinho comprido
What language does "quati" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list