elisão
/i.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“elisão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,647 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,647
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de elidir
Corpus desk
Index PT-elisao · elisão · Portuguese
elisão · rank #97,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,647
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH embater
Nearest frequency peer: embater (+1 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 “elisão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- discordante
discordante
2,378 corpus weight
- displicência
displicência
2,375 corpus weight
- elisão
elisão
2,354 corpus weight
- embater
embater
2,353 corpus weight
- epistolar
epistolar
2,336 corpus weight
- espetro
espetro
2,322 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “elisão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elisão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “elisão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
elisão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,647 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.li.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for elisão, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is elisão, spelled E-L-I-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de elidir
- 2modificação fonética em que se elimina o final vocálico de uma palavra fundindo com a palavra subsequente; por exemplo: d'água (de água)
- 3justaposição do íctus final de uma frase com o íctus inicial da próxima frase
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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