glosa

/ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/

//ˈɡlɔ.zɐ// noun

The verdict

“glosa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,149 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,149
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nota explicativa, sobre as palavras ou sentido de um texto, e escrita de ordinário à margem

Corpus desk

Index PT-glosa · glosa · Portuguese

glosa · rank #89,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,149
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH geodésico

Nearest frequency peer: geodésico (-9 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 “glosa”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “glosa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glosa
PropertyValue
Headwordglosa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,149
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “glosa” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).glosacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “geodésico” (#89,140), “haveríamos” (#89,170), “Hendrik” (#89,173). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “glosa” fica em #89,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glosa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,149 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for glosa, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is glosa, spelled G-L-O-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    nota explicativa, sobre as palavras ou sentido de um texto, e escrita de ordinário à margem
  2. 2
    interpretação; comentário
  3. 3
    censura
  4. 4
    forma de poema utilizada pelos poetas do Nordeste do Brasil, principalmente os cantadores, em forma de uma ou mais décimas (estrofe de 10 versos) que respondem a um desafio, expresso em forma de mote

Synonyms

marginália

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glosa"?
"glosa" is spelled G-L-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/.
What does "glosa" mean?
As a noun, "glosa" means: nota explicativa, sobre as palavras ou sentido de um texto, e escrita de ordinário à margem
How do you pronounce "glosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glosa" is /ˈɡlɔ.zɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glosa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list