explanação
/es.pla.na.'soŋ/ /es.pla.na.si.'oŋ/, /es.pla.na.'θoŋ/, /es.pla.na.θi.'oŋ/
The verdict
“explanação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,176 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,176
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - explanação, explicação, narração detalhada
Corpus desk
Index PT-explanacao · explanação · Portuguese
explanação · rank #62,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,176
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH falai
Nearest frequency peer: falai (+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 “explanação”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- entoar
entoar
37,847 corpus weight
- estola
estola
37,834 corpus weight
- explanação
explanação
37,825 corpus weight
- falai
falai
37,823 corpus weight
- fier
fier
37,818 corpus weight
- flicker
flicker
37,813 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “explanação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | explanação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /es.pla.na.'soŋ/ /es.pla.na.si.'oŋ/, /es.pla.na.'θoŋ/, /es.pla.na.θi.'oŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “explanação” em português
Rare enough to double-check
explanação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,176 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /es.pla.na.'soŋ/ /es.pla.na.si.'oŋ/, /es.pla.na.'θoŋ/, /es.pla.na.θi.'oŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "explanação, explicação, narração detalhada".
explanação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is explanação, spelled E-X-P-L-A-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1explanação, explicação, narração detalhada
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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