rupestre
/Ru.ˈpɛʃ.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“rupestre” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,473 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,473
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a rocha
Corpus desk
Index PT-rupestre · rupestre · Portuguese
rupestre · rank #64,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,473
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ruidoso
Nearest frequency peer: ruidoso (-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 “rupestre”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- remoer
remoer
35,541 corpus weight
- ruidoso
ruidoso
35,529 corpus weight
- rupestre
rupestre
35,528 corpus weight
- râguebi
râguebi
35,526 corpus weight
- sapa
sapa
35,516 corpus weight
- separo
separo
35,510 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rupestre” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rupestre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /Ru.ˈpɛʃ.tɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rupestre” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rupestre is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,473 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /Ru.ˈpɛʃ.tɾɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for rupestre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 rupestre, spelled R-U-P-E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1relativo a rocha
- 2construído em rocha (diz-se de habitação)
- 3realizado por indivíduos pré-históricos, nas cavernas
- 4realizado por indivíduos pré-históricos, nas cavernas
- 5que vive sobre paredes, muros, rochedos ou afloramentos rochosos (diz-se de organismo); rupícola
- 6diz-se de espécie de videira de origem americana, aclimatada em Portugal depois da reconstituição dos vinhedos devastados pela filoxera
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rupestre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arte rupestre.
Gravura rupestre.
Synonyms
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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