actually

adv

The verdict

“actually” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,938 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,938
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - na realidade, na verdade

Corpus desk

Index PT-actually · actually · Portuguese

actually · rank #51,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,938
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH absolutismo

Nearest frequency peer: absolutismo (-3 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 “actually”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “actually” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for actually
PropertyValue
Headwordactually
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,938
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “actually” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).actuallycai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “absolutismo” (#51,935), “absolut” (#51,934), “abrandamento” (#51,932). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “actually” fica em #51,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

actually is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,938 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for actually in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is actually, spelled A-C-T-U-A-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    na realidade, na verdade
  2. 2
    de verdade, mesmo, realmente

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how actually appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Actually, I had nothing to do with that incident.
  2. What do you know! She actually knew what she was doing!

Synonyms

in realityliterallyreallytruthfully

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "actually"?
"actually" is spelled A-C-T-U-A-L-L-Y.
What does "actually" mean?
As an adverb, "actually" means: na realidade, na verdade
What language does "actually" come from?
"actually" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "actually", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list