ardência
/ɐɾ.ˈdẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“ardência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,343 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,343
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade do que arde
Corpus desk
Index PT-ardencia · ardência · Portuguese
ardência · rank #69,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,343
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH asbesto
Nearest frequency peer: asbesto (+6 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 “ardência”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- antissemita
antissemita
30,668 corpus weight
- ardência
ardência
30,658 corpus weight
- asbesto
asbesto
30,652 corpus weight
- assertiva
assertiva
30,649 corpus weight
- assiduidade
assiduidade
30,648 corpus weight
- autorretrato
autorretrato
30,638 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ardência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ardência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.ˈdẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ardência” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ardência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,343 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐɾ.ˈdẽ.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ardência in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ardência, spelled A-R-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1qualidade do que arde
- 2viveza, prontidão na reação, reatividade
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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