axilar
The verdict
“axilar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,368 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,368
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à axila
Corpus desk
Index PT-axilar · axilar · Portuguese
axilar · rank #69,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,368
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH avantajado
Nearest frequency peer: avantajado (-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 “axilar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- assiduidade
assiduidade
30,648 corpus weight
- autorretrato
autorretrato
30,638 corpus weight
- avantajado
avantajado
30,634 corpus weight
- axilar
axilar
30,633 corpus weight
- babuíno
babuíno
30,630 corpus weight
- banditismo
banditismo
30,626 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “axilar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | axilar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “axilar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
axilar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,368 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à axila".
Zero misspellings are on record for axilar 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, 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 axilar, spelled A-X-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1relativo à axila
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how axilar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Com o disparo, o chumbinho, que entrou pelo lado esquerdo do tórax, na região axilar, perfurou o pulmão esquerdo de Leonardo e parou a menos de um centímetro do coração.
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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