tilápia
The verdict
“tilápia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,055 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,055
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - peixe do género Tilapia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tilápia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tilápia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tilápia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,055 among 1,850 “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
- 1peixe do género Tilapia
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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Using “tilápia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-I-L-Á-P-I-A - 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.