alforria
The verdict
“alforria” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,887 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,887
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - liberdade concedida ao escravo
Corpus desk
Index PT-alforria · alforria · Portuguese
alforria · rank #67,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,887
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alfazema
Nearest frequency peer: alfazema (-1 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 “alforria”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aimará
aimará
32,120 corpus weight
- alabastro
alabastro
32,119 corpus weight
- alfazema
alfazema
32,115 corpus weight
- alforria
alforria
32,114 corpus weight
- alibi
alibi
32,111 corpus weight
- amárico
amárico
32,100 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “alforria” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alforria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alforria” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alforria is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,887 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alforria, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is alforria, spelled A-L-F-O-R-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1liberdade concedida ao escravo
- 2liberdade em relação a qualquer dominação
- 3ato ou efeito de alforriar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alforria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Admitia-se, portanto, que apenas homens livres e os libertados por via da alforria eram cidadãos brasileiros e destinatários dos direitos civis e políticos consagrados no artigo 179 da mesma Constituição.
Quentin Tarantino brada sua alforria criativa sacando do baú a homenagem que faltava: ao western.
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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