expensive
/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
The verdict
“expensive” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,756 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,756
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caro
Corpus desk
Index PT-expensive · expensive · Portuguese
expensive · rank #71,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,756
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH fascículo
Nearest frequency peer: fascículo (+8 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 “expensive”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esfoliante
esfoliante
28,263 corpus weight
- esporádico
esporádico
28,261 corpus weight
- expensive
expensive
28,245 corpus weight
- fascículo
fascículo
28,237 corpus weight
- fishing
fishing
28,231 corpus weight
- fluoreto
fluoreto
28,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “expensive” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expensive |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “expensive” em português
Rare enough to double-check
expensive is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,756 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "caro".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for expensive, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is expensive, spelled E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1caro
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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.
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