backbone
/ˈbækˌboʊn/
The verdict
“backbone” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,989 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,989
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espinha dorsal
Corpus desk
Index PT-backbone · backbone · Portuguese
backbone · rank #51,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,989
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH avicultura
Nearest frequency peer: avicultura (-4 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 “backbone”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- attention
attention
48,019 corpus weight
- Austria
Austria
48,018 corpus weight
- autumn
autumn
48,017 corpus weight
- avicultura
avicultura
48,016 corpus weight
- backbone
backbone
48,012 corpus weight
- barn
barn
48,007 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “backbone” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | backbone |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbækˌboʊn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “backbone” em português
Rare enough to double-check
backbone is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,989 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbækˌboʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
backbone has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is backbone, spelled B-A-C-K-B-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1espinha dorsal
- 2ráquis
- 3raque
- 4qualquer estrutura ou infra-estrutura de sustentação
- 5coragem, força
- 6rede elétrica ou de fibra ótica que conjugada com equipamentos apropriados, especialmente computadores, permite o funcionamento de canais para transmissão de dados, imagem e voz
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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