sipaio
/si.ˈpaj.ju/
The verdict
“sipaio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indiano recrutado pelo exército britânico
Corpus desk
Index PT-sipaio · sipaio · Portuguese
sipaio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | sipaio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /si.ˈpaj.ju/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sipaio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sipaio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /si.ˈpaj.ju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sipaio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 sipaio, spelled S-I-P-A-I-O.
Definition
- 1indiano recrutado pelo exército britânico
- 2nos territórios ultramarinos portugueses, pessoa natural de esses territórios recruta do exército ou policial a serviço da colônia
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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.