tilápia

noun

The verdict

“tilápia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,055 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,055
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peixe do género Tilapia

Corpus desk

Index PT-tilapia · tilápia · Portuguese

tilápia · rank #60,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,055
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH sórdido

Nearest frequency peer: sórdido (-5 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 “tilápia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tilápia
PropertyValue
Headwordtilápia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,055
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tilápia” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tilápiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sórdido” (#60,050), “tuning” (#60,066), “sudoku” (#60,042). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tilápia” fica em #60,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tilápia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,055 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "peixe do género Tilapia".

Zero misspellings are on record for tilápia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tilápia, spelled T-I-L-Á-P-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    peixe do género Tilapia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «A tilápia com manteiga de alcaparras, tomate-cereja e manjericão é um prato delicioso e fácil de fazer.»

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 "tilápia"?
"tilápia" is spelled T-I-L-Á-P-I-A.
What does "tilápia" mean?
As a noun, "tilápia" means: peixe do género Tilapia
What language does "tilápia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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