têmpora

noun

The verdict

“têmpora” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,022 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,022
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte da cabeça ao lado dos olhos

Corpus desk

Index PT-tempora · têmpora · Portuguese

têmpora · rank #80,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,022
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tâmara

Nearest frequency peer: tâmara (-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 “têmpora”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for têmpora
PropertyValue
Headwordtêmpora
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “têmpora” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tâmara” (#80,020), “utilitarista” (#80,029), “velame” (#80,035). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “têmpora” fica em #80,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

têmpora is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,022 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "parte da cabeça ao lado dos olhos".

têmpora doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is têmpora, spelled T-Ê-M-P-O-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte da cabeça ao lado dos olhos

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how têmpora appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O corpo do rapaz, de 21 anos, foi encontrado com um tiro na têmpora às 20h15 do dia 6.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "têmpora"?
"têmpora" is spelled T-Ê-M-P-O-R-A.
What does "têmpora" mean?
As a noun, "têmpora" means: parte da cabeça ao lado dos olhos
What language does "têmpora" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list