rótula
/ˈRɔ.tu.lɐ/
The verdict
“rótula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,233 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,233
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que patela
Corpus desk
Index PT-rotula · rótula · Portuguese
rótula · rank #55,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,233
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH roseta
Nearest frequency peer: roseta (-4 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 “rótula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- reeditar
reeditar
44,794 corpus weight
- regalo
regalo
44,788 corpus weight
- retórico
retórico
44,780 corpus weight
- roseta
roseta
44,772 corpus weight
- rótula
rótula
44,768 corpus weight
- socorrista
socorrista
44,744 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rótula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rótula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRɔ.tu.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rótula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rótula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,233 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈRɔ.tu.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for rótula in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rótula, spelled R-Ó-T-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que patela
- 2espécie de persiana; gelosia
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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