sapa
/ˈsa.pɐ/
The verdict
“sapa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,485 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,485
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abertura de trincheiras e fossos
Corpus desk
Index PT-sapa · sapa · Portuguese
sapa · rank #64,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,485
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH separo
Nearest frequency peer: separo (+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 “sapa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- soluçar
soluçar
35,502 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sapa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sapa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsa.pɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sapa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sapa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,485 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsa.pɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sapa, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is sapa, spelled S-A-P-A.
Definition
- 1abertura de trincheiras e fossos
- 2buraco cavado perto de alguma edificação com o intuito de derrubá-la
- 3pá
- 4homossexual feminina
- 5tampa, testo
- 6terras alagadas, aluvião
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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