curling
/ˈkərlɪŋ/
The verdict
“curling” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,384 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,384
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - curling
Corpus desk
Index PT-curling · curling · Portuguese
curling · rank #67,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,384
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH crustáceo
Nearest frequency peer: crustáceo (-5 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 “curling”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- conciliador
conciliador
32,650 corpus weight
- costão
costão
32,631 corpus weight
- crustáceo
crustáceo
32,622 corpus weight
- curling
curling
32,617 corpus weight
- desaguar
desaguar
32,601 corpus weight
- desassossego
desassossego
32,600 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “curling” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curling |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkərlɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “curling” em português
Rare enough to double-check
curling is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,384 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkərlɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "curling".
curling has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is curling, spelled C-U-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1curling
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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