als
The verdict
“als” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,730 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,730
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quando (no mesmo momento em que, usado apenas com ações no passado)
Corpus desk
Index PT-als · als · Portuguese
als · rank #60,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,730
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH alcachofra
Nearest frequency peer: alcachofra (-4 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 “als”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- afrouxar
afrouxar
39,280 corpus weight
- alcachofra
alcachofra
39,275 corpus weight
- als
als
39,271 corpus weight
- aquoso
aquoso
39,261 corpus weight
- armaria
armaria
39,260 corpus weight
- arredondar
arredondar
39,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “als” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | als |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #60,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “als” em português
Rare enough to double-check
als is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,730 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as aconjunction. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "quando (no mesmo momento em que, usado apenas com ações no passado)".
als doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is als, spelled A-L-S.
Definition
- 1quando (no mesmo momento em que, usado apenas com ações no passado)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how als appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin angekommen, als sie weggegangen ist.
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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