flanquear
/flɐ̃.ˈkjaɾ/
The verdict
“flanquear” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,826 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,826
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atacar de flanco; marchar ao lado de
Corpus desk
Index PT-flanquear · flanquear · Portuguese
flanquear · rank #83,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,826
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fester
Nearest frequency peer: fester (-11 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 “flanquear”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- feldspato
feldspato
16,189 corpus weight
- fester
fester
16,186 corpus weight
- flanquear
flanquear
16,175 corpus weight
- frivolidade
frivolidade
16,164 corpus weight
- fucks
fucks
16,160 corpus weight
- garapa
garapa
16,154 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “flanquear” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flanquear |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /flɐ̃.ˈkjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “flanquear” em português
Rare enough to double-check
flanquear is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,826 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /flɐ̃.ˈkjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "atacar de flanco; marchar ao lado de".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for flanquear, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 flanquear, spelled F-L-A-N-Q-U-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1atacar de flanco; marchar ao lado de
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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