byte
/ˈbaj.tɨ/
The verdict
“byte” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,737 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,737
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sequência adjacente de dígitos binários; símbolo: B
Corpus desk
Index PT-byte · byte · Portuguese
byte · rank #53,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,737
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH Bulgaria
Nearest frequency peer: Bulgaria (-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 “byte”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Bier
Bier
46,279 corpus weight
- bordar
bordar
46,272 corpus weight
- boro
boro
46,271 corpus weight
- bout
bout
46,270 corpus weight
- Bulgaria
Bulgaria
46,268 corpus weight
- byte
byte
46,264 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “byte” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | byte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbaj.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “byte” em português
Rare enough to double-check
byte is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,737 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbaj.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for byte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is byte, spelled B-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1sequência adjacente de dígitos binários; símbolo: B
- 2sequência adjacente de dígitos binários, formado por oito bites (2³ bites), é utilizado como uma unidade de informação, podendo representar números inteiros de 0 até 255; símbolo: B
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how byte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A palavra dicionário é formada por 10 bytes do código ASCII.
O disco rígido do meu computador tem capacidade para armazenar 80 bilhões de bytes (80 gigabytes).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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