election
/ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/
The verdict
“election” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,470 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,470
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eleição
Corpus desk
Index PT-election · election · Portuguese
election · rank #50,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,470
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH eloquência
Nearest frequency peer: eloquência (+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 “election”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- dissipação
dissipação
49,545 corpus weight
- divo
divo
49,541 corpus weight
- dobrável
dobrável
49,540 corpus weight
- election
election
49,531 corpus weight
- eloquência
eloquência
49,528 corpus weight
- endireitar
endireitar
49,524 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “election” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | election |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “election” em português
Rare enough to double-check
election is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,470 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eleição".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for election, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is election, spelled E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1eleição
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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