basilar
/bɐ.zi.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“basilar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,352 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,352
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - básico
Corpus desk
Index PT-basilar · basilar · Portuguese
basilar · rank #58,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,352
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH basalto
Nearest frequency peer: basalto (-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 “basilar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Attila
Attila
41,662 corpus weight
- automatizaç…
automatização
41,660 corpus weight
- basalto
basalto
41,650 corpus weight
- basilar
basilar
41,649 corpus weight
- blindar
blindar
41,638 corpus weight
- bocejo
bocejo
41,637 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “basilar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basilar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɐ.zi.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “basilar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
basilar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,352 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /bɐ.zi.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
basilar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is basilar, spelled B-A-S-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1básico
- 2que nasce da base
Synonyms
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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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