tiracolo

/tirɐˈkɔlu/

//tirɐˈkɔlu// noun

The verdict

“tiracolo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,629 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,629
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tira de couro que atravessa de um ombro para o lado oposto na cintura

Corpus desk

Index PT-tiracolo · tiracolo · Portuguese

tiracolo · rank #89,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,629
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH therefore

Nearest frequency peer: therefore (-7 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 “tiracolo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tiracolo
PropertyValue
Headwordtiracolo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tirɐˈkɔlu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,629
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tiracolo” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “therefore” (#89,622), “tareia” (#89,610), “urbanizado” (#89,651). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tiracolo” fica em #89,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tiracolo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,629 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tirɐˈkɔlu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for tiracolo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tiracolo, spelled T-I-R-A-C-O-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    tira de couro que atravessa de um ombro para o lado oposto na cintura
  2. 2
    boldrié

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 "tiracolo"?
"tiracolo" is spelled T-I-R-A-C-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /tirɐˈkɔlu/.
What does "tiracolo" mean?
As a noun, "tiracolo" means: tira de couro que atravessa de um ombro para o lado oposto na cintura
How do you pronounce "tiracolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiracolo" is /tirɐˈkɔlu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiracolo" come from?
"tiracolo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tiracolo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list