compassion
/kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/
The verdict
“compassion” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,612 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,612
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - compaixão
Corpus desk
Index PT-compassion · compassion · Portuguese
compassion · rank #94,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,612
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH confeção
Nearest frequency peer: confeção (+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 “compassion”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- caninha
caninha
5,441 corpus weight
- cavilha
cavilha
5,425 corpus weight
- circundar
circundar
5,405 corpus weight
- compassion
compassion
5,389 corpus weight
- confeção
confeção
5,382 corpus weight
- credulidade
credulidade
5,359 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “compassion” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compassion |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “compassion” em português
Rare enough to double-check
compassion is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,612 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "compaixão".
compassion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 compassion, spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1compaixão
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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