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Portuguese

/ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/adjective, noun

Portuguese is spelled P-O-R-T-U-G-U-E-S-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Portuguese means “Of or pertaining to Portugal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Portuguese?

Letters10: P-O-R-T-U-G-U-E-S-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is Portuguese?

Portuguese appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Portuguese?

  • UK /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/
  • US /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/
  • /ˈpoɹ.t͡ʃəˌɡiz/

Portuguese has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-Portuguese.ogg, En-us-Portuguese.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with Portuguese?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Portuguese from its last stressed vowel (/iz/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of Portuguese

  • more Portuguese comparative
  • most Portuguese superlative
  • Portugueese
  • Portugueze
  • Portugese

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Portuguese mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Portugal.

    Portuguese borders

  2. 2

    Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

    Portuguese cuisines

  3. 3

    Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.

    Portuguese verbs

noun

  1. 1

    A person native to, or living in, Portugal.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Portuguese in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchportugais, portugaise (of or relating to Portugal), Portugais, Portugaise, portos (person native to Portugal)
Germanportugiesisch (of or relating to Portugal), Portugiese, Portugiesin (person native to Portugal)
Portugueseportuguês, lusitano, lusitânico, luso (of or relating to Portugal), portuguesa (person native to Portugal)
Spanishportugués (of or relating to Portugal), portuguesa (person native to Portugal)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Portuguese come from?

From Portuguese português. By surface analysis, Portugal + -ese.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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