rabeca
/Rɐ.ˈbɛ.kɐ/
The verdict
“rabeca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,966 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,966
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antiga denominação do violino
Corpus desk
Index PT-rabeca · rabeca · Portuguese
rabeca · rank #52,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,966
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH querubim
Nearest frequency peer: querubim (-2 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 “rabeca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- psiu
psiu
47,041 corpus weight
- puxador
puxador
47,040 corpus weight
- querubim
querubim
47,037 corpus weight
- rabeca
rabeca
47,035 corpus weight
- reapresenta…
reapresentação
47,028 corpus weight
- relojoeiro
relojoeiro
47,016 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rabeca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabeca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Rɐ.ˈbɛ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rabeca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rabeca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,966 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /Rɐ.ˈbɛ.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rabeca in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is rabeca, spelled R-A-B-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1antiga denominação do violino
- 2instrumento musical de quatro cordas, musicalidade fanhosa e tocado com arco
- 3apoio para o braço ou o taco utilizado em algumas jogadas difíceis de bilhar
- 4tipo de vela latina
- 5utensílio de ferreiro para girar a broca
- 6violino popular
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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