drowned
/ˈdɹaʊnd/
The verdict
“drowned” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,691 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,691
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afogado, morto por afogamento:
Corpus desk
Index PT-drowned · drowned · Portuguese
drowned · rank #52,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,691
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH divinamente
Nearest frequency peer: divinamente (-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 “drowned”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- despencar
despencar
47,326 corpus weight
- diretivo
diretivo
47,319 corpus weight
- divinamente
divinamente
47,314 corpus weight
- drowned
drowned
47,310 corpus weight
- eleve
eleve
47,303 corpus weight
- escotilha
escotilha
47,284 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “drowned” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drowned |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɹaʊnd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “drowned” em português
Rare enough to double-check
drowned is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,691 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɹaʊnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for drowned, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is drowned, spelled D-R-O-W-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1afogado, morto por afogamento:
- 2alagado, inundado, submerso, coberto (por água ou algum outro líquido):
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drowned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the churchyard, corpses of drowned sailors were laid out and then buried.
Nieuwlande is a drowned village in the Dutch province of Zeeland.
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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