verruma
The verdict
“verruma” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento agudo em espiral usado para abrir furos na madeira, broca
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verruma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verruma” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verruma is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento agudo em espiral usado para abrir furos na madeira, broca".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verruma, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is verruma, spelled V-E-R-R-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1instrumento agudo em espiral usado para abrir furos na madeira, broca
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “verruma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-E-R-R-U-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.