afasia
/ɐ.fɐ.ˈzi.ɐ/
The verdict
“afasia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,242 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,242
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - perda da palavra falada, escrita, mímica ou táctil
Corpus desk
Index PT-afasia · afasia · Portuguese
afasia · rank #65,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,242
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH admiravelmente
Nearest frequency peer: admiravelmente (-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 “afasia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- abrasivo
abrasivo
34,769 corpus weight
- acudir
acudir
34,765 corpus weight
- admiravelme…
admiravelmente
34,762 corpus weight
- afasia
afasia
34,759 corpus weight
- ahi
ahi
34,755 corpus weight
- alternado
alternado
34,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “afasia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afasia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.fɐ.ˈzi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “afasia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
afasia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,242 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.fɐ.ˈzi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "perda da palavra falada, escrita, mímica ou táctil".
afasia has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is afasia, spelled A-F-A-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1perda da palavra falada, escrita, mímica ou táctil
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how afasia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Louis Renault morreu na prisão em 24 de outubro de 1944, antes de ir a julgamento. Ele sofria de afasia e no relatório oficial constou uremia como causa da morte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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