salteador
/sal.te.aˈdoɾ/
The verdict
“salteador” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que ataca viajantes ou locais de forma súbita para roubar
Corpus desk
Index PT-salteador · salteador · Portuguese
salteador · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salteador |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sal.te.aˈdoɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “salteador” em português
Rare enough to double-check
salteador is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sal.te.aˈdoɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for salteador, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 salteador, spelled S-A-L-T-E-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1pessoa que ataca viajantes ou locais de forma súbita para roubar
- 2indivíduo que pratica assaltos com violência ou surpresa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how salteador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O salteador emboscou os comerciantes na estrada deserta.
A polícia capturou um grupo de salteadores que agia na região.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.