Tapera

/taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

//taˈpɛ.ɾɐ// noun

The verdict

“Tapera” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,249 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,249
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Corpus desk

Index PT-tapera · Tapera · Portuguese

Tapera · rank #50,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,249
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tigresa

Nearest frequency peer: tigresa (+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 “Tapera”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tapera
PropertyValue
HeadwordTapera
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Tapera” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Taperacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tigresa” (#50,255), “sufixo” (#50,241), “traficar” (#50,260). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “Tapera” fica em #50,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tapera is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,249 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tapera, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Tapera, spelled T-A-P-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul

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 "Tapera"?
"Tapera" is spelled T-A-P-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/.
What does "Tapera" mean?
As a noun, "Tapera" means: município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
How do you pronounce "Tapera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tapera" is /taˈpɛ.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tapera" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list