flicker
/ˈflɪkə/
The verdict
“flicker” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,188 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,188
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lampejo, bruxuleio
Corpus desk
Index PT-flicker · flicker · Portuguese
flicker · rank #62,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,188
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fier
Nearest frequency peer: fier (-5 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 “flicker”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- gerônimo
gerônimo
37,797 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “flicker” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flicker |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflɪkə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “flicker” em português
Rare enough to double-check
flicker is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,188 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflɪkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lampejo, bruxuleio".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flicker, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is flicker, spelled F-L-I-C-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1lampejo, bruxuleio
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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