ventríloquo
/vẽˈtrilukwu/
The verdict
“ventríloquo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,965 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,965
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa capaz de articular e de ser entendida sem mexer os lábios, e de modificar de tal maneira sua voz que ela parece não vir deles
Corpus desk
Index PT-ventriloquo · ventríloquo · Portuguese
ventríloquo · rank #69,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,965
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH virologia
Nearest frequency peer: virologia (+7 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 “ventríloquo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- taki
taki
30,077 corpus weight
- teleconferê…
teleconferência
30,075 corpus weight
- tragicomédia
tragicomédia
30,061 corpus weight
- troops
troops
30,055 corpus weight
- ventríloquo
ventríloquo
30,036 corpus weight
- virologia
virologia
30,029 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ventríloquo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ventríloquo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vẽˈtrilukwu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ventríloquo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ventríloquo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,965 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vẽˈtrilukwu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ventríloquo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ventríloquo, spelled V-E-N-T-R-Í-L-O-Q-U-O.
Definition
- 1pessoa capaz de articular e de ser entendida sem mexer os lábios, e de modificar de tal maneira sua voz que ela parece não vir deles
- 2artista que apresenta um espetáculo de ventriloquia
Synonyms
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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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).