tarântula
/tɐ.ˈɾɐ̃.tu.lɐ/
The verdict
“tarântula” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,206 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,206
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aranha grande venenosa que não tece teia
Corpus desk
Index PT-tarantula · tarântula · Portuguese
tarântula · rank #63,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,206
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH terminantemen…
Nearest frequency peer: terminantemente (+2 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 “tarântula”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- subscrito
subscrito
36,805 corpus weight
- subtropical
subtropical
36,804 corpus weight
- tarântula
tarântula
36,795 corpus weight
- terminantem…
terminantemente
36,793 corpus weight
- tez
tez
36,791 corpus weight
- torneiro
torneiro
36,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tarântula” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tarântula |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɐ.ˈɾɐ̃.tu.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tarântula” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tarântula is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,206 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɐ.ˈɾɐ̃.tu.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aranha grande venenosa que não tece teia".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tarântula in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is tarântula, spelled T-A-R-Â-N-T-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1aranha grande venenosa que não tece teia
This word in other languages
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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