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 September 3, 2026) - instrumento agudo em espiral usado para abrir furos na madeira, broca
Corpus desk
Index PT-verruma · verruma · Portuguese
verruma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verruma |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “verruma” em português
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verruma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Com a noite, um coro melancólico de não sei quantos sapos roncava sinistramente, como vozes que viessem do fundo da terra, cavada de seus confins pela verruma dos redemoinhos.
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.