seleiro

noun

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.

Key facts for seleiro
PropertyValue
Headwordseleiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “seleiro” em português

seleironão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    artesão que fabrica/conserta selas
  2. 2
    proprietário/empregado de uma selaria

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how seleiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seleiro"?
"seleiro" is spelled S-E-L-E-I-R-O.
What does "seleiro" mean?
As a noun, "seleiro" means: artesão que fabrica/conserta selas
What language does "seleiro" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list