rubim
/ʀuˈbĩ/
The verdict
“rubim” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,746 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,746
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que rubi
Corpus desk
Index PT-rubim · rubim · Portuguese
rubim · rank #67,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,746
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH sacrário
Nearest frequency peer: sacrário (+1 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 “rubim”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- resignado
resignado
32,269 corpus weight
- retrasado
retrasado
32,265 corpus weight
- rubim
rubim
32,255 corpus weight
- sacrário
sacrário
32,254 corpus weight
- saki
saki
32,252 corpus weight
- sebe
sebe
32,244 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rubim” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rubim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʀuˈbĩ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rubim” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rubim is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,746 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʀuˈbĩ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rubim, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is rubim, spelled R-U-B-I-M.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que rubi
- 2planta medicinal rubiácea
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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