zarabatana
/za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
The verdict
“zarabatana” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,749 among 42 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,749
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 42
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de buzina ou porta-voz
Corpus desk
Index PT-zarabatana · zarabatana · Portuguese
zarabatana · rank #88,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,749
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 42
- PHOTO-FINISH zoólogo
Nearest frequency peer: zoólogo (+4 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 “zarabatana”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vividamente
vividamente
11,269 corpus weight
- wie
wie
11,264 corpus weight
- xilindró
xilindró
11,259 corpus weight
- zarabatana
zarabatana
11,252 corpus weight
- zoólogo
zoólogo
11,248 corpus weight
- achara
achara
11,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “zarabatana” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zarabatana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “zarabatana” em português
Rare enough to double-check
zarabatana is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,749 among 42 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zarabatana has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is zarabatana, spelled Z-A-R-A-B-A-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1tipo de buzina ou porta-voz
- 2tipo de armamento, constituído por um longo tubo, em geral de madeira, dentro do qual é inserido uma seta ou projétil; arma de uso comum pelos indígenas da América do Sul, onde eram as setas impregnadas de veneno, em geral o curare
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zarabatana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Arma silenciosa e letal, a zarabatana é usada até os dias atuais, pelos índios na selva amazônica.
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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