valeta
/vɐ.ˈle.tɐ/
The verdict
“valeta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,494 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,494
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vala pequena e estreita para escoamento
Corpus desk
Index PT-valeta · valeta · Portuguese
valeta · rank #52,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,494
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH utensílio
Nearest frequency peer: utensílio (-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 “valeta”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tusk
tusk
47,514 corpus weight
- utensílio
utensílio
47,509 corpus weight
- valeta
valeta
47,507 corpus weight
- viciar
viciar
47,500 corpus weight
- vidrado
vidrado
47,499 corpus weight
- vivamente
vivamente
47,495 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “valeta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valeta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɐ.ˈle.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “valeta” em português
Rare enough to double-check
valeta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,494 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɐ.ˈle.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vala pequena e estreita para escoamento".
No misspelling variants are generated for valeta in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is valeta, spelled V-A-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1vala pequena e estreita para escoamento
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).