símio

noun

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The verdict

“símio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,455 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,455
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - macaco

Corpus desk

Index PT-simio · símio · Portuguese

símio · rank #82,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,455
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH tapetão

Nearest frequency peer: tapetão (+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 “símio”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “símio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for símio
PropertyValue
Headwordsímio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,455
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “símio” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).símiocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tapetão” (#82,461), “serdes” (#82,423), “scarf” (#82,416). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “símio” fica em #82,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

símio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,455 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "macaco".

No generated misspelling entries exist for símio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is símio, spelled S-Í-M-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    macaco

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Era este um camarada magro, alto, de longos braços, longas pernas, como um símio.

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 "símio"?
"símio" is spelled S-Í-M-I-O.
What does "símio" mean?
As a noun, "símio" means: macaco
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "símio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scarf#82,416tório#82,509varma#82,529vólei#82,545

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list