gérmen
The verdict
“gérmen” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,932 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,932
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vide germe
Corpus desk
Index PT-germen · gérmen · Portuguese
gérmen · rank #91,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,932
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH habitáculo
Nearest frequency peer: habitáculo (+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 “gérmen”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gérmen
gérmen
8,069 corpus weight
- habitáculo
habitáculo
8,064 corpus weight
- hablar
hablar
8,063 corpus weight
- hoodie
hoodie
8,040 corpus weight
- Hélia
Hélia
8,035 corpus weight
- indiferente…
indiferentemente
8,016 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gérmen” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gérmen |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gérmen” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gérmen is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,932 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vide germe".
gérmen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is gérmen, spelled G-É-R-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1vide germe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gérmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Montou uma banca multicolorida e perfumada com araçá-mirim, achachairu, flor de licuri, gérmen de coco, fruta-pão, coco de pindoba.
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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