companion
/kəmˈpænjən/
The verdict
“companion” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,609 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,609
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - companheiro; parceiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-companion · companion · Portuguese
companion · rank #71,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,609
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH completely
Nearest frequency peer: completely (+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 “companion”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cavernoso
cavernoso
28,426 corpus weight
- cicuta
cicuta
28,407 corpus weight
- companion
companion
28,392 corpus weight
- completely
completely
28,390 corpus weight
- concernente
concernente
28,389 corpus weight
- conjuntiva
conjuntiva
28,384 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “companion” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | companion |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəmˈpænjən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “companion” em português
Rare enough to double-check
companion is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,609 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəmˈpænjən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "companheiro; parceiro".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for companion, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is companion, spelled C-O-M-P-A-N-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1companheiro; parceiro
Synonyms
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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