tereré

/te.ɾeˈɾɛ/

//te.ɾeˈɾɛ// noun

The verdict

“tereré” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,846 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,846
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - refresco de erva-mate preparado com água gelada e tomado com bombilha

Corpus desk

Index PT-terere · tereré · Portuguese

tereré · rank #55,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,846
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH sátiro

Nearest frequency peer: sátiro (-4 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 “tereré”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tereré
PropertyValue
Headwordtereré
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/te.ɾeˈɾɛ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tereré” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tererécai 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: “sátiro” (#55,842), “ties” (#55,850), “torresmo” (#55,854). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tereré” fica em #55,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tereré is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,846 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /te.ɾeˈɾɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tereré, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is tereré, spelled T-E-R-E-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    refresco de erva-mate preparado com água gelada e tomado com bombilha
  2. 2
    bate-papo enquanto se lancha no intervalo entre dois turnos de trabalho
  3. 3
    aplique de linhas coloridas sobre uma trança de cabelo

Synonyms

térasteres

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 "tereré"?
"tereré" is spelled T-E-R-E-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is /te.ɾeˈɾɛ/.
What does "tereré" mean?
As a noun, "tereré" means: refresco de erva-mate preparado com água gelada e tomado com bombilha
How do you pronounce "tereré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tereré" is /te.ɾeˈɾɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tereré" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tereré", 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