rizoma
The verdict
“rizoma” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,314 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,314
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caule longo, horizontal e subterrâneo, geralmente em forma de raiz que, rico em nutrientes e reservas, emite novos ramos
Corpus desk
Index PT-rizoma · rizoma · Portuguese
rizoma · rank #71,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,314
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ressoar
Nearest frequency peer: ressoar (-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 “rizoma”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- reiterar
reiterar
28,703 corpus weight
- ressoar
ressoar
28,693 corpus weight
- rizoma
rizoma
28,687 corpus weight
- saturar
saturar
28,667 corpus weight
- scope
scope
28,661 corpus weight
- sinapse
sinapse
28,652 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rizoma” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rizoma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rizoma” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rizoma is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,314 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rizoma has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is rizoma, spelled R-I-Z-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1caule longo, horizontal e subterrâneo, geralmente em forma de raiz que, rico em nutrientes e reservas, emite novos ramos
- 2fundamento que baseia ou legitima firmemente alguma coisa; raiz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rizoma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A íris e o gengibre possuem rizomas.
Esta questão será o rizoma do projeto.
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.
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