adaptation
/ˌæ.dəp.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
The verdict
“adaptation” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,870 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,870
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adaptação, ato de adaptar
Corpus desk
Index PT-adaptation · adaptation · Portuguese
adaptation · rank #67,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,870
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aimará
Nearest frequency peer: aimará (+11 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 “adaptation”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ábaco
ábaco
32,148 corpus weight
- adaptation
adaptation
32,131 corpus weight
- aimará
aimará
32,120 corpus weight
- alabastro
alabastro
32,119 corpus weight
- alfazema
alfazema
32,115 corpus weight
- alforria
alforria
32,114 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adaptation” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adaptation |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæ.dəp.ˈteɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “adaptation” em português
Rare enough to double-check
adaptation is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,870 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæ.dəp.ˈteɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for adaptation in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is adaptation, spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1adaptação, ato de adaptar
- 2adaptação, algo que foi adaptado.
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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