sorvedouro
/suɾ.vɨ.ˈdow.ɾu/
The verdict
“sorvedouro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - redemoinho no mar ou no rio, que leva para o fundo o que nele cai; voragem
Corpus desk
Index PT-sorvedouro · sorvedouro · Portuguese
sorvedouro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | sorvedouro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /suɾ.vɨ.ˈdow.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sorvedouro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sorvedouro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /suɾ.vɨ.ˈdow.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sorvedouro in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sorvedouro, spelled S-O-R-V-E-D-O-U-R-O.
Definition
- 1redemoinho no mar ou no rio, que leva para o fundo o que nele cai; voragem
- 2abismo, precipício
Synonyms
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.