anglais

/ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/

//ɑ̃.ɡlɛ// adj

The verdict

“anglais” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,044 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,044
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inglês

Corpus desk

Index PT-anglais · anglais · Portuguese

anglais · rank #70,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,044
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Anarchist

Nearest frequency peer: Anarchist (-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 “anglais”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “anglais” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anglais
PropertyValue
Headwordanglais
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “anglais” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).anglaiscai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Anarchist” (#70,041), “amedrontado” (#70,034), “aquietar” (#70,055). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “anglais” fica em #70,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anglais is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,044 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inglês".

Zero misspellings are on record for anglais in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 anglais, spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    inglês

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anglais"?
"anglais" is spelled A-N-G-L-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/.
What does "anglais" mean?
As an adjective, "anglais" means: inglês
How do you pronounce "anglais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anglais" is /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anglais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list