travo
/ˈtɾa.vu/
The verdict
“travo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,838 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,838
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adstringência (acidez ou amargor)
Corpus desk
Index PT-travo · travo · Portuguese
travo · rank #58,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,838
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tétum
Nearest frequency peer: tétum (+4 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 “travo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- teledramatu…
teledramaturgia
41,179 corpus weight
- telefónico
telefónico
41,178 corpus weight
- travo
travo
41,163 corpus weight
- tétum
tétum
41,159 corpus weight
- valoração
valoração
41,153 corpus weight
- vastamente
vastamente
41,151 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “travo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | travo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɾa.vu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “travo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
travo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,838 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɾa.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for travo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is travo, spelled T-R-A-V-O.
Definition
- 1adstringência (acidez ou amargor)
- 2angústia
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how travo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Para Beato, apesar do “travo” no fim, o sabor tem “ótima vivacidade”.
São suas criaturas que entraram na crise da meia idade com um travo na boca.
Synonyms
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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