effective
/əˈfɛktɪv/
The verdict
“effective” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,910 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,910
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - efetivo
Corpus desk
Index PT-effective · effective · Portuguese
effective · rank #60,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,910
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH embriagar
Nearest frequency peer: embriagar (+3 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 “effective”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- divagar
divagar
39,105 corpus weight
- effective
effective
39,091 corpus weight
- embriagar
embriagar
39,088 corpus weight
- empilhar
empilhar
39,085 corpus weight
- encorpado
encorpado
39,080 corpus weight
- endurecido
endurecido
39,079 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “effective” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effective |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈfɛktɪv/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “effective” em português
Rare enough to double-check
effective is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,910 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈfɛktɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for effective, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is effective, spelled E-F-F-E-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1efetivo
- 2eficaz
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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