harsh
/hɑɹʃ/
The verdict
“harsh” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,646 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,646
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - áspero, inóspito
Corpus desk
Index PT-harsh · harsh · Portuguese
harsh · rank #85,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,646
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH guisa
Nearest frequency peer: guisa (-6 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 “harsh”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gentlemen
gentlemen
14,385 corpus weight
- gnosticismo
gnosticismo
14,376 corpus weight
- guisa
guisa
14,361 corpus weight
- harsh
harsh
14,355 corpus weight
- hire
hire
14,342 corpus weight
- hombridade
hombridade
14,341 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “harsh” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harsh |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /hɑɹʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “harsh” em português
Rare enough to double-check
harsh is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,646 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /hɑɹʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "áspero, inóspito".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for harsh, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is harsh, spelled H-A-R-S-H.
Definition
- 1áspero, inóspito
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 "harsh"?
What does "harsh" mean?
How do you pronounce "harsh"?
What language does "harsh" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "harsh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).