crude
/ˈkɾu.dʒi/
The verdict
“crude” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,470 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,470
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância conhecida como petróleo na forma não industrialmente processada como se encontra nos depósitos onde se formou
Corpus desk
Index PT-crude · crude · Portuguese
crude · rank #61,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,470
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cosmonauta
Nearest frequency peer: cosmonauta (-4 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 “crude”
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 “crude” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crude |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɾu.dʒi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “crude” em português
Rare enough to double-check
crude is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,470 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɾu.dʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "substância conhecida como petróleo na forma não industrialmente processada como se encontra nos depósitos onde se formou".
No generated misspelling entries exist for crude in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is crude, spelled C-R-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1substância conhecida como petróleo na forma não industrialmente processada como se encontra nos depósitos onde se formou
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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