violoncelista

/vju.lõ.sɨ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/

//vju.lõ.sɨ.ˈliʃ.tɐ// noun

The verdict

“violoncelista” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,477 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,477
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que toca violoncelo

Corpus desk

Index PT-violoncelista · violoncelista · Portuguese

violoncelista · rank #59,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,477
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH visco

Nearest frequency peer: visco (+3 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 “violoncelista”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for violoncelista
PropertyValue
Headwordvioloncelista
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vju.lõ.sɨ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/
Letters13
Frequency rank#59,477
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “violoncelista” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.violoncelistacai 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: “visco” (#59,480), “wannabe” (#59,484), “trovador” (#59,463). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “violoncelista” fica em #59,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

violoncelista is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,477 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vju.lõ.sɨ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa que toca violoncelo".

violoncelista has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 violoncelista, spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa que toca violoncelo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how violoncelista appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mas foram só sete minutos de Rihm Moser, o violoncelista que possui o primeiro nome de Brahms, Johannes, e foi medalha de ouro no Concurso Tchaikovsky de Moscou de 2002.

Synonyms

celista

This word in other languages

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 "violoncelista"?
"violoncelista" is spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /vju.lõ.sɨ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/.
What does "violoncelista" mean?
As a noun, "violoncelista" means: pessoa que toca violoncelo
How do you pronounce "violoncelista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violoncelista" is /vju.lõ.sɨ.ˈliʃ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list