seleiro
The verdict
“seleiro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artesão que fabrica/conserta selas
Corpus desk
Index PT-seleiro · seleiro · Portuguese
seleiro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | seleiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “seleiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
seleiro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for seleiro, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is seleiro, spelled S-E-L-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1artesão que fabrica/conserta selas
- 2proprietário/empregado de uma selaria
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seleiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Logo após seus primeiros passos, Louis passou a brincar na oficina de seu pai, um respeitado seleiro da região, com pequenos retalhos de couro e ferramentas.
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.