timoneiro
The verdict
“timoneiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,698 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,698
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tripulante responsável pela navegação e o governo do barco
Corpus desk
Index PT-timoneiro · timoneiro · Portuguese
timoneiro · rank #54,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,698
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH toada
Nearest frequency peer: toada (+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 “timoneiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- soleira
soleira
45,326 corpus weight
- suck
suck
45,316 corpus weight
- timoneiro
timoneiro
45,303 corpus weight
- toada
toada
45,301 corpus weight
- tricotar
tricotar
45,289 corpus weight
- usted
usted
45,282 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “timoneiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timoneiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “timoneiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
timoneiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,698 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tripulante responsável pela navegação e o governo do barco".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for timoneiro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is timoneiro, spelled T-I-M-O-N-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1tripulante responsável pela navegação e o governo do barco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how timoneiro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2000. LUCRÉCIO. V, 223. In: MONTAIGNE. Os ensaios. Tradução de Rosemary Costhek Abílio. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2000. Livro II, p. 187.
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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