heurística
/ew.ˈɾiʃ.ti.kɐ/
The verdict
“heurística” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,021 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,021
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - disciplina que estuda o descobrimento ou a investigação
Corpus desk
Index PT-heuristica · heurística · Portuguese
heurística · rank #74,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,021
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH idiossincrasia
Nearest frequency peer: idiossincrasia (+10 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 “heurística”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- grafo
grafo
26,002 corpus weight
- grammar
grammar
26,001 corpus weight
- grémio
grémio
25,996 corpus weight
- heurística
heurística
25,980 corpus weight
- idiossincra…
idiossincrasia
25,970 corpus weight
- imputação
imputação
25,964 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “heurística” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heurística |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ew.ˈɾiʃ.ti.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “heurística” em português
Rare enough to double-check
heurística is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,021 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ew.ˈɾiʃ.ti.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heurística, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is heurística, spelled H-E-U-R-Í-S-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1disciplina que estuda o descobrimento ou a investigação
- 2conjunto de regras simples que podem explicar os processos de tomada de decisão e solução de problemas, quando estes são complexos ou não se tem a informação completa sobre os mesmos
- 3técnica para resolver um problema quando não se sabe se a solução está correta
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heurística appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Temos uma demanda inteiramente outra com a heurística lebruniana que atravessa obras de autores tão diversos quanto Pascal, Hume, Kant, Hegel e Nietzsche.
This word in other languages
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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