Afrikaans
/ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/
The verdict
“Afrikaans” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,209 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,209
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - africano
Corpus desk
Index PT-afrikaans · Afrikaans · Portuguese
Afrikaans · rank #72,209 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,209
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH afago
Nearest frequency peer: afago (-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 “Afrikaans”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi
27,825 corpus weight
- abroad
abroad
27,805 corpus weight
- afago
afago
27,795 corpus weight
- Afrikaans
Afrikaans
27,792 corpus weight
- arrendatário
arrendatário
27,758 corpus weight
- arrocho
arrocho
27,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Afrikaans” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Afrikaans |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Afrikaans” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Afrikaans is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,209 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑːns/, /ɑ.fri.ˈkɑ̃ːs/, /ɑ.frə.ˈkɑ̃ːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Afrikaans in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Afrikaans, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1africano
- 2africâner, relativo ao idioma africâner
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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