civilization
[ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən]
The verdict
“civilization” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,036 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,036
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - civilização
Corpus desk
Index PT-civilization · civilization · Portuguese
civilization · rank #88,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,036
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH coadjutor
Nearest frequency peer: coadjutor (+6 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 “civilization”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bétula
bétula
12,003 corpus weight
- carijó
carijó
11,989 corpus weight
- chagar
chagar
11,975 corpus weight
- civilization
civilization
11,965 corpus weight
- coadjutor
coadjutor
11,959 corpus weight
- consanguini…
consanguinidade
11,941 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “civilization” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civilization |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “civilization” em português
Rare enough to double-check
civilization is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,036 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "civilização".
No generated misspelling entries exist for civilization in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is civilization, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1civilização
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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