criminalística
The verdict
“criminalística” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,797 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,797
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ciência que aplica métodos científicos à obtenção e análise de vestígios para esclarecer crimes e produzir provas periciais
Corpus desk
Index PT-criminalistica · criminalística · Portuguese
criminalística · rank #53,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,797
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cronológico
Nearest frequency peer: cronológico (+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 “criminalística”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cocheiro
cocheiro
46,234 corpus weight
- comet
comet
46,232 corpus weight
- comover
comover
46,230 corpus weight
- criminalíst…
criminalística
46,204 corpus weight
- cronológico
cronológico
46,202 corpus weight
- defecar
defecar
46,190 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “criminalística” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criminalística |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #53,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “criminalística” em português
Rare enough to double-check
criminalística is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,797 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for criminalística, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is criminalística, spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-Í-S-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1ciência que aplica métodos científicos à obtenção e análise de vestígios para esclarecer crimes e produzir provas periciais
- 2conjunto de técnicas e procedimentos periciais voltados à reconstrução de eventos criminosos
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how criminalística appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A criminalística identificou o autor pelo perfil de DNA
A equipe de criminalística coletou impressões digitais no local
Synonyms
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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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