tomilho
/to.ˈmi.ʎu/
The verdict
“tomilho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,042 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,042
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta do gênero Thymus, da família das lamiáceas
Corpus desk
Index PT-tomilho · tomilho · Portuguese
tomilho · rank #57,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,042
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH toldo
Nearest frequency peer: toldo (-1 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 “tomilho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tenhais
tenhais
42,968 corpus weight
- toldo
toldo
42,960 corpus weight
- tomilho
tomilho
42,959 corpus weight
- torcicolo
torcicolo
42,958 corpus weight
- trapacear
trapacear
42,955 corpus weight
- travagem
travagem
42,954 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tomilho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomilho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /to.ˈmi.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tomilho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tomilho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,042 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /to.ˈmi.ʎu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "planta do gênero Thymus, da família das lamiáceas".
No misspelling variants are generated for tomilho in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is tomilho, spelled T-O-M-I-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1planta do gênero Thymus, da família das lamiáceas
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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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