salmoura

/saɫ.ˈmow.ɾɐ/

//saɫ.ˈmow.ɾɐ// noun

The verdict

“salmoura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,103 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,103
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - salmoira

Corpus desk

Index PT-salmoura · salmoura · Portuguese

salmoura · rank #65,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,103
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH satirizar

Nearest frequency peer: satirizar (+5 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 “salmoura”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “salmoura” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for salmoura
PropertyValue
Headwordsalmoura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/saɫ.ˈmow.ɾɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “salmoura” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).salmouracai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “satirizar” (#65,108), “savi” (#65,109), “rot” (#65,096). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “salmoura” fica em #65,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

salmoura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,103 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /saɫ.ˈmow.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "salmoira".

salmoura has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is salmoura, spelled S-A-L-M-O-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    salmoira

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salmoura"?
"salmoura" is spelled S-A-L-M-O-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /saɫ.ˈmow.ɾɐ/.
What does "salmoura" mean?
As a noun, "salmoura" means: salmoira
How do you pronounce "salmoura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salmoura" is /saɫ.ˈmow.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salmoura" come from?
"salmoura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "salmoura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list