cathedral
/kə.ˈθiː.dɹəɫ/
The verdict
“cathedral” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,039 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,039
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - catedral:
Corpus desk
Index PT-cathedral · cathedral · Portuguese
cathedral · rank #64,039 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,039
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chavão
Nearest frequency peer: chavão (+3 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 “cathedral”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- creditar
creditar
35,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cathedral” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cathedral |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kə.ˈθiː.dɹəɫ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cathedral” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cathedral is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,039 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kə.ˈθiː.dɹəɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "catedral:".
cathedral has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cathedral, spelled C-A-T-H-E-D-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1catedral:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cathedral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stained glass windows in the cathedral had pictures of Jesus and the stations of the cross.
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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