comensal
/ko.mẽ.ˈsaw/
The verdict
“comensal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,138 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,138
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de cada um daqueles que comem juntos
Corpus desk
Index PT-comensal · comensal · Portuguese
comensal · rank #70,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,138
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cinzel
Nearest frequency peer: cinzel (-8 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 “comensal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ceifa
ceifa
29,882 corpus weight
- charrua
charrua
29,875 corpus weight
- chiar
chiar
29,874 corpus weight
- cinzel
cinzel
29,871 corpus weight
- comensal
comensal
29,863 corpus weight
- congruência
congruência
29,853 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “comensal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comensal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ko.mẽ.ˈsaw/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #70,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “comensal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
comensal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,138 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ko.mẽ.ˈsaw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for comensal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is comensal, spelled C-O-M-E-N-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1diz-se de cada um daqueles que comem juntos
- 2diz-se dos organismos que vivem em comensalismo
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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