tope
The verdict
“tope” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,241 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,241
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - choque
Corpus desk
Index PT-tope · tope · Portuguese
tope · rank #69,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,241
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tranquilizante
Nearest frequency peer: tranquilizante (+5 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 “tope”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- talher
talher
30,777 corpus weight
- tope
tope
30,760 corpus weight
- tranquiliza…
tranquilizante
30,755 corpus weight
- treliça
treliça
30,750 corpus weight
- ultramarino
ultramarino
30,736 corpus weight
- vambora
vambora
30,732 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tope” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tope |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tope” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tope is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,241 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tope, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tope, spelled T-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1choque
- 2encontro
- 3parte mais elevada, cimo
- 4parte superior do mastro
- 5dificuldade, obstáculo que não permite continuar
- 6laço de gravata
- 7roupa de tamanho variável que cobre a faixa do peito, os seios, indo-se até não mais que a cintura
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Curso de Moda: Uma história de paetês, rendas e babados.
Segredo Oculto em Águas Turvas
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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