sarrafo
The verdict
“sarrafo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,794 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,794
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tira comprida e delgada de madeira
Corpus desk
Index PT-sarrafo · sarrafo · Portuguese
sarrafo · rank #65,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,794
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sav
Nearest frequency peer: sav (+4 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 “sarrafo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- retículo
retículo
34,229 corpus weight
- sarrafo
sarrafo
34,207 corpus weight
- sav
sav
34,203 corpus weight
- seixo
seixo
34,197 corpus weight
- semeador
semeador
34,194 corpus weight
- sneak
sneak
34,181 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sarrafo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sarrafo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sarrafo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sarrafo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,794 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sarrafo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sarrafo, spelled S-A-R-R-A-F-O.
Definition
- 1tira comprida e delgada de madeira
- 2nível de exigência
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sarrafo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Synonyms
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).