telheiro
The verdict
“telheiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,901 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,901
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fabricante de telhas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telheiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “telheiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
telheiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,901 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
telheiro has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is telheiro, spelled T-E-L-H-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1fabricante de telhas
- 2teto saliente que cobre a entrada de um edifício
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 “telheiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-L-H-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.