claustrofobia
/klawʃ.tɾɔ.fu.ˈbi.ɐ/
The verdict
“claustrofobia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,762 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,762
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aversão mórbida aos espaços fechados, geralmente aos recintos pequenos, como os elevadores
Corpus desk
Index PT-claustrofobia · claustrofobia · Portuguese
claustrofobia · rank #53,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,762
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH clico
Nearest frequency peer: clico (+2 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 “claustrofobia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cefaleia
cefaleia
46,248 corpus weight
- claustrofob…
claustrofobia
46,239 corpus weight
- clico
clico
46,237 corpus weight
- coala
coala
46,235 corpus weight
- cocheiro
cocheiro
46,234 corpus weight
- comet
comet
46,232 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “claustrofobia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claustrofobia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klawʃ.tɾɔ.fu.ˈbi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “claustrofobia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
claustrofobia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,762 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /klawʃ.tɾɔ.fu.ˈbi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aversão mórbida aos espaços fechados, geralmente aos recintos pequenos, como os elevadores".
Zero misspellings are on record for claustrofobia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is claustrofobia, spelled C-L-A-U-S-T-R-O-F-O-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1aversão mórbida aos espaços fechados, geralmente aos recintos pequenos, como os elevadores
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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