eloquência

/i.lu.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/

//i.lu.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ// noun

The verdict

“eloquência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,473 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,473
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - capacidade de falar e exprimir-se com facilidade; oratória

Corpus desk

Index PT-eloquencia · eloquência · Portuguese

eloquência · rank #50,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,473
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH election

Nearest frequency peer: election (-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 “eloquência”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “eloquência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eloquência
PropertyValue
Headwordeloquência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.lu.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “eloquência” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).eloquênciacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “election” (#50,470), “endireitar” (#50,477), “dobrável” (#50,461). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “eloquência” fica em #50,473. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eloquência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,473 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.lu.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

eloquência doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is eloquência, spelled E-L-O-Q-U-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    capacidade de falar e exprimir-se com facilidade; oratória
  2. 2
    capacidade de persuadir através da palavra
  3. 3
    arte do bem falar; retórica, facúndia
  4. 4
    expressividade
  5. 5
    virtude de comunicação

Synonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eloquência"?
"eloquência" is spelled E-L-O-Q-U-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /i.lu.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "eloquência" mean?
As a noun, "eloquência" means: capacidade de falar e exprimir-se com facilidade; oratória
How do you pronounce "eloquência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eloquência" is /i.lu.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eloquência" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eloquência", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list