handsome
/ˈhænsəm/
The verdict
“handsome” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,245 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,245
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bonito; atraente (referindo-se a homens)
Corpus desk
Index PT-handsome · handsome · Portuguese
handsome · rank #66,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,245
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH gélido
Nearest frequency peer: gélido (-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 “handsome”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gens
gens
33,775 corpus weight
- grelhas
grelhas
33,762 corpus weight
- gélido
gélido
33,758 corpus weight
- handsome
handsome
33,756 corpus weight
- hosted
hosted
33,751 corpus weight
- impassível
impassível
33,744 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “handsome” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | handsome |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhænsəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “handsome” em português
Rare enough to double-check
handsome is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,245 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhænsəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for handsome 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is handsome, spelled H-A-N-D-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1bonito; atraente (referindo-se a homens)
- 2nobre; generoso
- 3amplo; considerável
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how handsome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a handsome salary
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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