constellation
/kɒnstəˈleɪʃn̩/
The verdict
“constellation” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,455 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,455
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - constelação
Corpus desk
Index PT-constellation · constellation · Portuguese
constellation · rank #69,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,455
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH conservante
Nearest frequency peer: conservante (-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 “constellation”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- compliance
compliance
30,558 corpus weight
- comungar
comungar
30,557 corpus weight
- conservante
conservante
30,548 corpus weight
- constellati…
constellation
30,546 corpus weight
- coutada
coutada
30,537 corpus weight
- crápula
crápula
30,533 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “constellation” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | constellation |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒnstəˈleɪʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #69,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “constellation” em português
Rare enough to double-check
constellation is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,455 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒnstəˈleɪʃn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for constellation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is constellation, spelled C-O-N-S-T-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1constelação
- 2uma configuração ou agrupamento de coisas relacionadas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how constellation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a constellation of possibilities
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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