epitáfio
/e.pi.ˈta.fju/
The verdict
“epitáfio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,524 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,524
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dizeres postos no túmulo de alguém
Corpus desk
Index PT-epitafio · epitáfio · Portuguese
epitáfio · rank #55,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,524
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH encarnar
Nearest frequency peer: encarnar (-5 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 “epitáfio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Eduard
Eduard
44,489 corpus weight
- elipse
elipse
44,486 corpus weight
- encarnar
encarnar
44,482 corpus weight
- epitáfio
epitáfio
44,477 corpus weight
- esfíncter
esfíncter
44,471 corpus weight
- esotérico
esotérico
44,469 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “epitáfio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epitáfio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /e.pi.ˈta.fju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “epitáfio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
epitáfio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,524 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /e.pi.ˈta.fju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for epitáfio, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is epitáfio, spelled E-P-I-T-Á-F-I-O.
Definition
- 1dizeres postos no túmulo de alguém
- 2breve elogio a um falecido
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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