ardósia
The verdict
“ardósia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,525 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,525
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - xisto argiloso, de cor preta ou cinza, que se separa facilmente em folhas e serve para cobrir casas
Corpus desk
Index PT-ardosia · ardósia · Portuguese
ardósia · rank #56,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,525
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH arme
Nearest frequency peer: arme (+1 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 “ardósia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- anagrama
anagrama
43,490 corpus weight
- andor
andor
43,489 corpus weight
- aportar
aportar
43,479 corpus weight
- ardósia
ardósia
43,476 corpus weight
- arme
arme
43,475 corpus weight
- assemelhar
assemelhar
43,469 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ardósia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ardósia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ardósia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ardósia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,525 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ardósia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 ardósia, spelled A-R-D-Ó-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1xisto argiloso, de cor preta ou cinza, que se separa facilmente em folhas e serve para cobrir casas
- 2lousa, de ardósia ou não, onde se escreve ou desenha com ponteiro da mesma pedra, ou giz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ardósia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A ardósia é uma rocha metamórfica cristalofiliana.
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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