velocímetro

/vɨ.lu.ˈsi.mɨ.tɾu/

//vɨ.lu.ˈsi.mɨ.tɾu// noun

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The verdict

“velocímetro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,693 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,693
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aparelho que mede ou mostra a velocidade de um veículo

Corpus desk

Index PT-velocimetro · velocímetro · Portuguese

velocímetro · rank #60,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,693
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vasectomia

Nearest frequency peer: vasectomia (-1 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 “velocímetro”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for velocímetro
PropertyValue
Headwordvelocímetro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɨ.lu.ˈsi.mɨ.tɾu/
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “velocímetro” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).velocímetrocai 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: “vasectomia” (#60,692), “vampirismo” (#60,691), “tunisino” (#60,685). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “velocímetro” fica em #60,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

velocímetro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,693 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɨ.lu.ˈsi.mɨ.tɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aparelho que mede ou mostra a velocidade de um veículo".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for velocímetro, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is velocímetro, spelled V-E-L-O-C-Í-M-E-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    aparelho que mede ou mostra a velocidade de um veículo

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 "velocímetro"?
"velocímetro" is spelled V-E-L-O-C-Í-M-E-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /vɨ.lu.ˈsi.mɨ.tɾu/.
What does "velocímetro" mean?
As a noun, "velocímetro" means: aparelho que mede ou mostra a velocidade de um veículo
How do you pronounce "velocímetro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "velocímetro" is /vɨ.lu.ˈsi.mɨ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "velocímetro" come from?
"velocímetro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coincidente#60,831flatulência#60,370paleolítico#61,137consequence#60,228

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list