dictionary
/ˈdɪk.ʃən.ɛ.ɹɪ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“dictionary” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,267 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,267
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dicionário.
Corpus desk
Index PT-dictionary · dictionary · Portuguese
dictionary · rank #57,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,267
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH distrofia
Nearest frequency peer: distrofia (+4 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 “dictionary”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- degola
degola
42,755 corpus weight
- deliciar
deliciar
42,754 corpus weight
- dictionary
dictionary
42,734 corpus weight
- distrofia
distrofia
42,730 corpus weight
- embriologia
embriologia
42,716 corpus weight
- escopeta
escopeta
42,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dictionary” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dictionary |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪk.ʃən.ɛ.ɹɪ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dictionary” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dictionary is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,267 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɪk.ʃən.ɛ.ɹɪ/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dicionário.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dictionary in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dictionary, spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1dicionário.
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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