albedo
/aw.ˈbe.du/
The verdict
“albedo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,391 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,391
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - razão entre a luz refletida e a energia luminosa incidente sobre uma superfície
Corpus desk
Index PT-albedo · albedo · Portuguese
albedo · rank #97,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,391
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH algibeira
Nearest frequency peer: algibeira (+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 “albedo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- acupunturis…
acupunturista
2,633 corpus weight
- adular
adular
2,626 corpus weight
- albedo
albedo
2,610 corpus weight
- algibeira
algibeira
2,607 corpus weight
- arretado
arretado
2,584 corpus weight
- arto
arto
2,582 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “albedo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albedo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aw.ˈbe.du/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “albedo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
albedo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,391 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aw.ˈbe.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "razão entre a luz refletida e a energia luminosa incidente sobre uma superfície".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for albedo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is albedo, spelled A-L-B-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1razão entre a luz refletida e a energia luminosa incidente sobre uma superfície
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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