quebra-gelo
The verdict
“quebra-gelo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento usado para quebrar ou picar o gelo de modo que se divida em pedras menores
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quebra-gelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quebra-gelo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
quebra-gelo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
quebra-gelo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is quebra-gelo, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A---G-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1instrumento usado para quebrar ou picar o gelo de modo que se divida em pedras menores
- 2tipo de navio capaz de navegar em águas congeladas na superfície cuja proa literalmente quebra o gelo
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “quebra-gelo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-E-B-R-A---G-E-L-O - 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.