felicitação
The verdict
“felicitação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,696 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,696
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de felicitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-felicitacao · felicitação · Portuguese
felicitação · rank #84,696 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,696
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH ewe
Nearest frequency peer: ewe (-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 “felicitação”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- estragão
estragão
15,320 corpus weight
- ewe
ewe
15,313 corpus weight
- felicitação
felicitação
15,305 corpus weight
- fiscalidade
fiscalidade
15,295 corpus weight
- fogareiro
fogareiro
15,289 corpus weight
- fotomontagem
fotomontagem
15,282 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “felicitação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | felicitação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “felicitação” em português
Rare enough to double-check
felicitação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,696 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for felicitação, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is felicitação, spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato de felicitar
- 2parabenização
- 3apresentação de parabéns ou congratulações
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how felicitação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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