vedeta
/vɨ.ˈde.tɐ/
The verdict
“vedeta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,343 among 1,073 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,343
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,073
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - navio de guerra pequeno e ágil, normalmente usado para observar os movimentos do inimigo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vedeta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɨ.ˈde.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vedeta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vedeta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,343 among 1,073 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɨ.ˈde.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "navio de guerra pequeno e ágil, normalmente usado para observar os movimentos do inimigo.".
vedeta has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is vedeta, spelled V-E-D-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1navio de guerra pequeno e ágil, normalmente usado para observar os movimentos do inimigo.
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 “vedeta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-E-D-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɨ.ˈde.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.