beside

/biː.ˈsaɪd/, /bɪ.ˈsaɪd/

//biː.ˈsaɪd/, /bɪ.ˈsaɪd// adv

The verdict

“beside” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,481 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,481
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - próximo, ao lado

Corpus desk

Index PT-beside · beside · Portuguese

beside · rank #95,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,481
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bença

Nearest frequency peer: bença (-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 “beside”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “beside” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for beside
PropertyValue
Headwordbeside
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/biː.ˈsaɪd/, /bɪ.ˈsaɪd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “beside” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).besidecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bença” (#95,480), “caiana” (#95,507), “atabaque” (#95,443). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “beside” fica em #95,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

beside is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,481 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /biː.ˈsaɪd/, /bɪ.ˈsaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for beside in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is beside, spelled B-E-S-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    próximo, ao lado
  2. 2
    também, até

Synonyms

nearbybesides

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beside"?
"beside" is spelled B-E-S-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /biː.ˈsaɪd/, /bɪ.ˈsaɪd/.
What does "beside" mean?
As an adverb, "beside" means: próximo, ao lado
How do you pronounce "beside"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beside" is /biː.ˈsaɪd/, /bɪ.ˈsaɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beside" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "beside", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list