vaqueiro
/vɐ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/
The verdict
“vaqueiro” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #26,928 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #26,928
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem relação com o boi (toiro ou touro)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaqueiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vɐ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vaqueiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vaqueiro is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɐ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,928 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que tem relação com o boi (toiro ou touro)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vaqueiro, with forms such as "avqueiro", "vaqeuiro", and "vaqqueiro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 vaqueiro, spelled V-A-Q-U-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1que tem relação com o boi (toiro ou touro)
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avqueiro,vaqeuiro,vaqqueiro,vaqueior,vaqueirro,vaquerio,vaquiero,vauqeiro,vqaueiro,vvaqueiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vaqueiro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “vaqueiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-A-Q-U-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɐ.ˈkɐj.ɾu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.