dândi
/ˈdã.dʒi/
The verdict
“dândi” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,666 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,666
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - homem que tem grande zelo por sua aparência
Corpus desk
Index PT-dandi · dândi · Portuguese
dândi · rank #95,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,666
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH emergido
Nearest frequency peer: emergido (+12 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 “dândi”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- destroçar
destroçar
4,367 corpus weight
- Direktor
Direktor
4,355 corpus weight
- dissensão
dissensão
4,349 corpus weight
- dândi
dândi
4,335 corpus weight
- emergido
emergido
4,323 corpus weight
- enólogo
enólogo
4,307 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dândi” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dândi |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdã.dʒi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dândi” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dândi is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,666 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdã.dʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "homem que tem grande zelo por sua aparência".
Zero misspellings are on record for dândi in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is dândi, spelled D-Â-N-D-I.
Definition
- 1homem que tem grande zelo por sua aparência
This word in other languages
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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