vólei
/ˈvɔ.lɐj/
The verdict
“vólei” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,545 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,545
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - devolução da bola antes que ela toque no chão
Corpus desk
Index PT-volei · vólei · Portuguese
vólei · rank #82,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,545
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH wilk
Nearest frequency peer: wilk (+6 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 “vólei”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- usucapião
usucapião
17,480 corpus weight
- Valdemiro
Valdemiro
17,478 corpus weight
- varma
varma
17,472 corpus weight
- vólei
vólei
17,456 corpus weight
- wilk
wilk
17,450 corpus weight
- Yule
Yule
17,437 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vólei” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vólei |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɔ.lɐj/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vólei” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vólei is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,545 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvɔ.lɐj/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "devolução da bola antes que ela toque no chão".
No generated misspelling entries exist for vólei in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is vólei, spelled V-Ó-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1devolução da bola antes que ela toque no chão
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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