canábis
The verdict
“canábis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,846 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,846
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cannabis, género botânico
Corpus desk
Index PT-canabis · canábis · Portuguese
canábis · rank #89,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,846
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carboneto
Nearest frequency peer: carboneto (+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 “canábis”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- brada
brada
10,184 corpus weight
- brilliant
brilliant
10,178 corpus weight
- canábis
canábis
10,155 corpus weight
- carboneto
carboneto
10,151 corpus weight
- carecer
carecer
10,150 corpus weight
- cesso
cesso
10,133 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “canábis” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | canábis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “canábis” em português
Rare enough to double-check
canábis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,846 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for canábis in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is canábis, spelled C-A-N-Á-B-I-S.
Definition
- 1Cannabis, género botânico
- 2droga psicoativa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how canábis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«O cânhamo é uma variedade de canábis utilizada na indústria têxtil e na produção de papel.»
«O médico receitou um fármaco à base de canábis para aliviar as dores crónicas do paciente.»
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).