torre de marfim
/ˈto.ʁi d͡ʒi maʁˈfĩ/ [ˈto.hi d͡ʒi mahˈfĩ]
The verdict
“torre de marfim” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - designação das ações e ideias apartadas das coisas cotidianas e práticas, mormente aplicada ao meio acadêmico; afastamento da realidade com preocupação voltada somente ao plano intelectual
Corpus desk
Index PT-torre-de-marfim · torre de marfim · Portuguese
torre de marfim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torre de marfim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /ˈto.ʁi d͡ʒi maʁˈfĩ/ [ˈto.hi d͡ʒi mahˈfĩ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torre de marfim” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
torre de marfim is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /ˈto.ʁi d͡ʒi maʁˈfĩ/ [ˈto.hi d͡ʒi mahˈfĩ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for torre de marfim in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 torre de marfim, spelled T-O-R-R-E- -D-E- -M-A-R-F-I-M.
Definition
- 1designação das ações e ideias apartadas das coisas cotidianas e práticas, mormente aplicada ao meio acadêmico; afastamento da realidade com preocupação voltada somente ao plano intelectual
- 2postura de distanciamento ou isolamento arrogante
- 3lugar intocado e afastado das coisas mundanas, momentâneas e supérfluas
- 4um dos epítetos de Maria, mãe de Jesus
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