rufo
/ˈRu.fu/
The verdict
“rufo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,589 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,589
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - som trêmulo, produzido pelo tanger de duas baquetas na pele tensa de um tambor ou de um instrumento análogo
Corpus desk
Index PT-rufo · rufo · Portuguese
rufo · rank #88,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,589
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH rosnar
Nearest frequency peer: rosnar (-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 “rufo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- processualm…
processualmente
11,477 corpus weight
- roliço
roliço
11,421 corpus weight
- rosnar
rosnar
11,418 corpus weight
- rufo
rufo
11,412 corpus weight
- Serbia
Serbia
11,384 corpus weight
- shave
shave
11,381 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rufo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rufo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈRu.fu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rufo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rufo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,589 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈRu.fu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rufo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is rufo, spelled R-U-F-O.
Definition
- 1som trêmulo, produzido pelo tanger de duas baquetas na pele tensa de um tambor ou de um instrumento análogo
- 2som quase semelhante ao do tambor e produzido pelo tanger alternado dos dedos sobre uma superfície sólida
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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