urro

/ˈu.Ru/

//ˈu.Ru// noun

The verdict

“urro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,800 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,800
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rugido surdo e grave, mugido

Corpus desk

Index PT-urro · urro · Portuguese

urro · rank #87,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,800
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH unum

Nearest frequency peer: unum (-2 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 “urro”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “urro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for urro
PropertyValue
Headwordurro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈu.Ru/
Letters4
Frequency rank#87,800
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “urro” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).urrocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “unum” (#87,798), “vertido” (#87,808), “twink” (#87,789). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “urro” fica em #87,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,800 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈu.Ru/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rugido surdo e grave, mugido".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for urro, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is urro, spelled U-R-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    rugido surdo e grave, mugido

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "urro"?
"urro" is spelled U-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈu.Ru/.
What does "urro" mean?
As a noun, "urro" means: rugido surdo e grave, mugido
How do you pronounce "urro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urro" is /ˈu.Ru/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urro" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "urro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list