curiosity

/ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/

//ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti// noun

The verdict

“curiosity” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,540 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,540
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - curiosidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-curiosity · curiosity · Portuguese

curiosity · rank #51,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,540
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH corn

Nearest frequency peer: corn (-14 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 “curiosity”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “curiosity” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for curiosity
PropertyValue
Headwordcuriosity
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “curiosity” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).curiositycai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “corn” (#51,526), “contracultura” (#51,524), “contrabandista” (#51,522). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “curiosity” fica em #51,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

curiosity is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,540 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "curiosidade".

curiosity has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 curiosity, spelled C-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    curiosidade

Synonyms

inquisitiveness

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "curiosity"?
"curiosity" is spelled C-U-R-I-O-S-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/.
What does "curiosity" mean?
As a noun, "curiosity" means: curiosidade
How do you pronounce "curiosity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "curiosity" is /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "curiosity" come from?
"curiosity" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "curiosity", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list