sarrafo

noun

The verdict

“sarrafo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,794 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,794
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tira comprida e delgada de madeira

Key facts for sarrafo
PropertyValue
Headwordsarrafo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,794
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sarrafo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sarrafo lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sarrafo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,794 among 2,603 “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

  1. 1
    tira comprida e delgada de madeira
  2. 2
    nível de exigência

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sarrafo"?
"sarrafo" is spelled S-A-R-R-A-F-O.
What does "sarrafo" mean?
As a noun, "sarrafo" means: tira comprida e delgada de madeira
What language does "sarrafo" come from?
"sarrafo" 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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Using “sarrafo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-R-R-A-F-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list