rupestre
/Ru.ˈpɛʃ.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“rupestre” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,473 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,473
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo a rocha
| 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) |
Where “rupestre” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rupestre is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,473 among 1,668 “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
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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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Using “rupestre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-U-P-E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.