tapume
/tɐ.ˈpu.mɨ/
The verdict
“tapume” 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) - cerca ou tapagem
Corpus desk
Index PT-tapume · tapume · Portuguese
tapume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tapume |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɐ.ˈpu.mɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tapume” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tapume is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɐ.ˈpu.mɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tapume in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tapume, spelled T-A-P-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1cerca ou tapagem
- 2vedação, geralmente de madeira, usada para fechar ou limitar uma área, um terreno
- 3parede fina que, normalmente feita com tábuas, marca as divisões de uma casa
- 4peça ou anteparo de madeira utilizado para fechar ou proteger a entrada de uma construção
- 5tudo aquilo que se usa com o intuito de fechar, tapar ou esconder algo
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.