tamboril
/tɐ̃.bu.ˈɾiɫ/
The verdict
“tamboril” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,863 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,863
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tambor pequeno
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tamboril |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɐ̃.bu.ˈɾiɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tamboril” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tamboril is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,863 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɐ̃.bu.ˈɾiɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tamboril, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is tamboril, spelled T-A-M-B-O-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1tambor pequeno
- 2instrumento musical de cordas e membranas percutidas com baqueta
- 3tocador dos instrumentos 1 ou 2
- 4dança medieval que era acompanhada dos instrumentos 1 ou 2
- 5planta da família das Leguminosas cuja madeira serve para o fabrico de canoas
- 6peixe teleósteo comestível
- 7imboúva (Enterolobium timbouva)
- 8pau-carrapato (Lonchocarpus sericeus)
- 9canafístula
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “tamboril”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-A-M-B-O-R-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɐ̃.bu.ˈɾiɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.