caluniar
/kɐ.lu.ˈnjaɾ/
The verdict
“caluniar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,107 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,107
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ofender com calúnias
Corpus desk
Index PT-caluniar · caluniar · Portuguese
caluniar · rank #70,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,107
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carão
Nearest frequency peer: carão (+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 “caluniar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Biologie
Biologie
29,913 corpus weight
- bobó
bobó
29,909 corpus weight
- caluniar
caluniar
29,894 corpus weight
- carão
carão
29,887 corpus weight
- castanheiro
castanheiro
29,885 corpus weight
- ceifa
ceifa
29,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “caluniar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caluniar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɐ.lu.ˈnjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “caluniar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
caluniar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,107 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kɐ.lu.ˈnjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for caluniar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is caluniar, spelled C-A-L-U-N-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1ofender com calúnias
- 2difamar falsamente
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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