crux
/kɹʌks/
The verdict
“crux” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,562 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,562
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - característica ou ponto básico ou crítico
Corpus desk
Index PT-crux · crux · Portuguese
crux · rank #97,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,562
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cucaracha
Nearest frequency peer: cucaracha (+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 “crux”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- consciencio…
conscienciologia
2,457 corpus weight
- copista
copista
2,450 corpus weight
- crux
crux
2,439 corpus weight
- cucaracha
cucaracha
2,437 corpus weight
- curandeiris…
curandeirismo
2,429 corpus weight
- curetagem
curetagem
2,428 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “crux” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crux |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹʌks/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “crux” em português
Rare enough to double-check
crux is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,562 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɹʌks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crux, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is crux, spelled C-R-U-X.
Definition
- 1característica ou ponto básico ou crítico
- 2o ponto mais difícil de uma escalada
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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