Héracles
/ˈe.ʁa.klis/.
The verdict
“Héracles” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,278 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,278
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome masculino
Corpus desk
Index PT-heracles · Héracles · Portuguese
Héracles · rank #73,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,278
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH insurgir
Nearest frequency peer: insurgir (+18 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 “Héracles”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fos
fos
26,774 corpus weight
- fuxico
fuxico
26,764 corpus weight
- Héracles
Héracles
26,723 corpus weight
- insurgir
insurgir
26,705 corpus weight
- ionosfera
ionosfera
26,699 corpus weight
- lambuzar
lambuzar
26,677 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Héracles” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Héracles |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈe.ʁa.klis/. |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Héracles” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Héracles is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,278 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈe.ʁa.klis/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Héracles in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Héracles, spelled H-É-R-A-C-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1prenome masculino
- 2semideus da mitologia grega, filho de Zeus e Alcmena
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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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