quimbundo

adj

The verdict

“quimbundo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,270 among 274 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,270
frequency rank, Portuguese
274
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo ao povo ambundo

Key facts for quimbundo
PropertyValue
Headwordquimbundo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,270
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quimbundo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). quimbundo lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quimbundo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,270 among 274 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for quimbundo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 quimbundo, spelled Q-U-I-M-B-U-N-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ao povo ambundo
  2. 2
    relativo ao idioma quimbundo

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 "quimbundo"?
"quimbundo" is spelled Q-U-I-M-B-U-N-D-O.
What does "quimbundo" mean?
As an adjective, "quimbundo" means: relativo ao povo ambundo
What language does "quimbundo" come from?
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Using “quimbundo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-I-M-B-U-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list