alibi
/ˈæl.ə.baɪ/
The verdict
“alibi” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,890 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,890
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - álibi
Corpus desk
Index PT-alibi · alibi · Portuguese
alibi · rank #67,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,890
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alforria
Nearest frequency peer: alforria (-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 “alibi”
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 “alibi” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alibi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “alibi” em português
Rare enough to double-check
alibi is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,890 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "álibi".
alibi has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is alibi, spelled A-L-I-B-I.
Definition
- 1álibi
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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