flash mob
The verdict
“flash mob” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ver mobilização relâmpago
Corpus desk
Index PT-flash-mob · flash mob · Portuguese
flash mob · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flash mob |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “flash mob” em português
Rare enough to double-check
flash mob is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ver mobilização relâmpago".
flash mob doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is flash mob, spelled F-L-A-S-H- -M-O-B.
Definition
- 1ver mobilização relâmpago
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how flash mob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No auge da popularidade, o rapper estava em todos os cantos: dividindo o palco com Madonna, liderando um 'flash mob' para uma multidão diante da Torre Eiffel ou se apresentando para o presidente americano Barack Obama.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.