arabic
The verdict
“arabic” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,228 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,228
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árabe:
Corpus desk
Index PT-arabic · arabic · Portuguese
arabic · rank #54,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,228
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH arquivista
Nearest frequency peer: arquivista (+5 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 “arabic”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- anestesista
anestesista
45,784 corpus weight
- anormalmente
anormalmente
45,782 corpus weight
- apara
apara
45,780 corpus weight
- arabic
arabic
45,773 corpus weight
- arquivista
arquivista
45,768 corpus weight
- aslan
aslan
45,762 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arabic” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arabic |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arabic” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arabic is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,228 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "árabe:".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for arabic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is arabic, spelled A-R-A-B-I-C.
Definition
- 1árabe:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arabic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In facto, le parola "algebra" e le systema europee de numeros es de origine arabic.
Synonyms
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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