zarabatana
/za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
The verdict
“zarabatana” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #88,749 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #88,749
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo de buzina ou porta-voz
| 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) |
Where “zarabatana” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for zarabatana is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #88,749 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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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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Using “zarabatana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Z-A-R-A-B-A-T-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /za.ɾa.baˈtɐ̃.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.