tricotar
/tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“tricotar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,712 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,712
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer tricô
Corpus desk
Index PT-tricotar · tricotar · Portuguese
tricotar · rank #54,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,712
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH usted
Nearest frequency peer: usted (+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 “tricotar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- timoneiro
timoneiro
45,303 corpus weight
- toada
toada
45,301 corpus weight
- tricotar
tricotar
45,289 corpus weight
- usted
usted
45,282 corpus weight
- vaidades
vaidades
45,280 corpus weight
- wrap
wrap
45,270 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tricotar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tricotar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tricotar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tricotar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,712 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tɾi.ku.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fazer tricô".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tricotar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is tricotar, spelled T-R-I-C-O-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer tricô
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tricotar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um estudo feito nos Estados Unidos afirma que ter um passatempo como ler livros, costurar, tricotar ou até se divertir com jogos de computador pode adiar a perda da memória associada à idade avançada.
This word in other languages
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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