volpe
The verdict
“volpe” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,416 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,416
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - raposa
Corpus desk
Index PT-volpe · volpe · Portuguese
volpe · rank #74,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,416
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH wisdom
Nearest frequency peer: wisdom (+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 “volpe”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- toll
toll
25,625 corpus weight
- triturado
triturado
25,616 corpus weight
- uó
uó
25,601 corpus weight
- volpe
volpe
25,585 corpus weight
- wisdom
wisdom
25,579 corpus weight
- zeladora
zeladora
25,570 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “volpe” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volpe |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “volpe” em português
Rare enough to double-check
volpe is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,416 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "raposa".
volpe has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is volpe, spelled V-O-L-P-E.
Definition
- 1raposa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how volpe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A volpe é mui astuta.
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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