gens
/ˈɡeːns/
The verdict
“gens” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,226 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,226
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - família, clã ou tribo romana; pessoas com o mesmo nome de família
Corpus desk
Index PT-gens · gens · Portuguese
gens · rank #66,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,226
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gazebo
Nearest frequency peer: gazebo (-1 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 “gens”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fornada
fornada
33,791 corpus weight
- fumegante
fumegante
33,785 corpus weight
- gazebo
gazebo
33,776 corpus weight
- gens
gens
33,775 corpus weight
- grelhas
grelhas
33,762 corpus weight
- gélido
gélido
33,758 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gens” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gens |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡeːns/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gens” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gens is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,226 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡeːns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "família, clã ou tribo romana; pessoas com o mesmo nome de família".
Zero misspellings are on record for gens in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 gens, spelled G-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1família, clã ou tribo romana; pessoas com o mesmo nome de família
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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