xepa
The verdict
“xepa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,493 among 27 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,493
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 27
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mercadoria de qualidade inferior vendida a preço baixo ao final da feira
Corpus desk
Index PT-xepa · xepa · Portuguese
xepa · rank #59,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,493
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 27
- PHOTO-FINISH wounded
Nearest frequency peer: wounded (-2 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 “xepa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- violoncelis…
violoncelista
40,524 corpus weight
- visco
visco
40,521 corpus weight
- wannabe
wannabe
40,517 corpus weight
- wounded
wounded
40,510 corpus weight
- xepa
xepa
40,508 corpus weight
- abano
abano
40,493 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “xepa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xepa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “xepa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
xepa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,493 among 27 “X” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for xepa, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is xepa, spelled X-E-P-A.
Definition
- 1mercadoria de qualidade inferior vendida a preço baixo ao final da feira
- 2comida servida em quartel
- 3sobra de alimento; resto de comida não consumido
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how xepa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ela colheu a única xepa aproveitável do fim de feira que tem sido este segundo turno.
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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