explain
/ɪkˈspleɪn/; /ɛkˈspleɪn/
The verdict
“explain” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,826 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,826
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - explanar; explicar
Corpus desk
Index PT-explain · explain · Portuguese
explain · rank #68,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,826
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH expatriado
Nearest frequency peer: expatriado (-2 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 “explain”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- enxaguar
enxaguar
31,205 corpus weight
- expatriado
expatriado
31,177 corpus weight
- explain
explain
31,175 corpus weight
- farmacológi…
farmacológicas
31,168 corpus weight
- fotocópia
fotocópia
31,156 corpus weight
- funcho
funcho
31,152 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “explain” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explain |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspleɪn/; /ɛkˈspleɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “explain” em português
Rare enough to double-check
explain is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,826 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪkˈspleɪn/; /ɛkˈspleɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "explanar; explicar".
Zero misspellings are on record for explain in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is explain, spelled E-X-P-L-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1explanar; explicar
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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