cordon
\kɔʁ.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“cordon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,464 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,464
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cordão
Corpus desk
Index PT-cordon · cordon · Portuguese
cordon · rank #61,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,464
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cosmonauta
Nearest frequency peer: cosmonauta (+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 “cordon”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cordon
cordon
38,537 corpus weight
- cosmonauta
cosmonauta
38,535 corpus weight
- crude
crude
38,531 corpus weight
- cãibra
cãibra
38,525 corpus weight
- desembaraçar
desembaraçar
38,512 corpus weight
- desjejum
desjejum
38,511 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cordon” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cordon |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cordon” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cordon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,464 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cordão".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cordon in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cordon, spelled C-O-R-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1cordão
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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