frontispício
/fɾõ.tiʃ.ˈpi.sju/
The verdict
“frontispício” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,345 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,345
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a fachada de uma construção; frontaria;
Corpus desk
Index PT-frontispicio · frontispício · Portuguese
frontispício · rank #87,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,345
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fungicida
Nearest frequency peer: fungicida (+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 “frontispício”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fisga
fisga
12,671 corpus weight
- frontispício
frontispício
12,656 corpus weight
- fungicida
fungicida
12,654 corpus weight
- funileiro
funileiro
12,653 corpus weight
- gnose
gnose
12,633 corpus weight
- gull
gull
12,627 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “frontispício” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frontispício |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɾõ.tiʃ.ˈpi.sju/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #87,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “frontispício” em português
Rare enough to double-check
frontispício is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,345 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɾõ.tiʃ.ˈpi.sju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for frontispício in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is frontispício, spelled F-R-O-N-T-I-S-P-Í-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1a fachada de uma construção; frontaria;
- 2num livro, atualmente o mesmo que página de rosto; antigamente, a página que antecedia a página de rosto, geralmente ilustrada com uma gravura alusiva à obra
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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