dernier
\dɛʁ.nje\
The verdict
“dernier” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,774 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,774
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - último
Corpus desk
Index PT-dernier · dernier · Portuguese
dernier · rank #62,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,774
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH desbravador
Nearest frequency peer: desbravador (+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 “dernier”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- decretação
decretação
37,237 corpus weight
- dedada
dedada
37,236 corpus weight
- delira
delira
37,233 corpus weight
- dernier
dernier
37,227 corpus weight
- desbravador
desbravador
37,222 corpus weight
- desbravar
desbravar
37,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dernier” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dernier |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɛʁ.nje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dernier” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dernier is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,774 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dɛʁ.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "último".
No misspelling variants are generated for dernier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is dernier, spelled D-E-R-N-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1último
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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