genie
/ʃəˈni/
The verdict
“genie” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,767 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,767
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inteligência, intelecto
Corpus desk
Index PT-genie · genie · Portuguese
genie · rank #52,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,767
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH glacê
Nearest frequency peer: glacê (+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 “genie”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- frentista
frentista
47,241 corpus weight
- fut
fut
47,238 corpus weight
- ganz
ganz
47,237 corpus weight
- genie
genie
47,234 corpus weight
- glacê
glacê
47,232 corpus weight
- gonorreia
gonorreia
47,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “genie” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genie |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃəˈni/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “genie” em português
Rare enough to double-check
genie is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,767 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃəˈni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
genie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is genie, spelled G-E-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1inteligência, intelecto
- 2génio/gênio, prodígio, indivíduo talentoso
- 3corpo de engenharia do exército
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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