deferência
The verdict
“deferência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,659 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,659
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - consideração, atenção, cortesia:
Corpus desk
Index PT-deferencia · deferência · Portuguese
deferência · rank #59,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,659
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH defensivamente
Nearest frequency peer: defensivamente (-1 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 “deferência”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- custoso
custoso
40,349 corpus weight
- defensivame…
defensivamente
40,343 corpus weight
- deferência
deferência
40,342 corpus weight
- dinamizar
dinamizar
40,329 corpus weight
- dobradiça
dobradiça
40,328 corpus weight
- doutro
doutro
40,322 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “deferência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deferência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “deferência” em português
Rare enough to double-check
deferência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,659 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deferência, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is deferência, spelled D-E-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1consideração, atenção, cortesia:
- 2respeito, aceitação ou acatamento efetivos ou condescendentes:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deferência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cumprimentava sempre com a maior deferência.
Foi por deferência que leu o artigo.
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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