circunstancial
/siɾ.kũʃ.tɐ̃.ˈsjaɫ/
The verdict
“circunstancial” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,845 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,845
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que depende de circunstâncias, do contexto
Corpus desk
Index PT-circunstancial · circunstancial · Portuguese
circunstancial · rank #54,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,845
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chaga
Nearest frequency peer: chaga (-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 “circunstancial”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- calço
calço
45,173 corpus weight
- candeia
candeia
45,171 corpus weight
- castrar
castrar
45,167 corpus weight
- chaga
chaga
45,163 corpus weight
- circunstanc…
circunstancial
45,156 corpus weight
- concebível
concebível
45,145 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “circunstancial” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circunstancial |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /siɾ.kũʃ.tɐ̃.ˈsjaɫ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #54,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “circunstancial” em português
Rare enough to double-check
circunstancial is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,845 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /siɾ.kũʃ.tɐ̃.ˈsjaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que depende de circunstâncias, do contexto".
circunstancial doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 circunstancial, spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-S-T-A-N-C-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1que depende de circunstâncias, do contexto
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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