bissexto
The verdict
“bissexto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,012 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,012
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o dia 29 de fevereiro de um ano bissexto
Corpus desk
Index PT-bissexto · bissexto · Portuguese
bissexto · rank #64,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,012
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bracarense
Nearest frequency peer: bracarense (+7 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 “bissexto”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- arre
arre
36,019 corpus weight
- bissexto
bissexto
35,989 corpus weight
- bracarense
bracarense
35,982 corpus weight
- brig
brig
35,981 corpus weight
- cathedral
cathedral
35,962 corpus weight
- chavão
chavão
35,959 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bissexto” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bissexto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bissexto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bissexto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,012 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bissexto in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is bissexto, spelled B-I-S-S-E-X-T-O.
Definition
- 1o dia 29 de fevereiro de um ano bissexto
- 2o ano bissexto, no calendário juliano ou no gregoriano
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bissexto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O calendário gregoriano possui 97 bissextos em cada período de 400 anos
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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