querela

/kɨ.ˈɾɛ.lɐ/

//kɨ.ˈɾɛ.lɐ// noun

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The verdict

“querela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,823 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,823
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lamentação, expressão de sofrimento; queixa

Corpus desk

Index PT-querela · querela · Portuguese

querela · rank #51,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,823
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH raptar

Nearest frequency peer: raptar (+6 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 “querela”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for querela
PropertyValue
Headwordquerela
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɨ.ˈɾɛ.lɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “querela” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).querelacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “raptar” (#51,829), “rebento” (#51,833), “reflection” (#51,838). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “querela” fica em #51,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

querela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,823 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɨ.ˈɾɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for querela, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is querela, spelled Q-U-E-R-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    lamentação, expressão de sofrimento; queixa
  2. 2
    canto terno ou plangente
  3. 3
    o mesmo que queixa-crime
  4. 4
    conflito de interesses; briga, contenda, pendência
  5. 5
    debate inflamado sobre pontos de vista contrários; altercação, debate, discussão
  6. 6
    desbaste de árvores

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Foi apenas uma querela de vizinhos.

Synonyms

desinteligência

Antonyms

desinteligência

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 "querela"?
"querela" is spelled Q-U-E-R-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɨ.ˈɾɛ.lɐ/.
What does "querela" mean?
As a noun, "querela" means: lamentação, expressão de sofrimento; queixa
How do you pronounce "querela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "querela" is /kɨ.ˈɾɛ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "querela" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rebento#51,833relevar#51,840pochete#51,800pipocar#51,795

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list