timber

AFI: /ˈtɪmbə/

/AFI: /ˈtɪmbə// intj

The verdict

“timber” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,391 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,391
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - madeira!

Corpus desk

Index PT-timber · timber · Portuguese

timber · rank #71,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,391
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tonal

Nearest frequency peer: tonal (+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 “timber”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for timber
PropertyValue
Headwordtimber
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
IPAAFI: /ˈtɪmbə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,391
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “timber” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.timbercai 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: “tonal” (#71,393), “sustenido” (#71,371), “subterfúgio” (#71,365). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “timber” fica em #71,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

timber is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,391 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed AFI: /ˈtɪmbə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "madeira!".

timber doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is timber, spelled T-I-M-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    madeira!

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 "timber"?
"timber" is spelled T-I-M-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is AFI: /ˈtɪmbə/.
What does "timber" mean?
As an interjection, "timber" means: madeira!
How do you pronounce "timber"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "timber" is AFI: /ˈtɪmbə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "timber" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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