hexadecimal
/ˌhɛk.sə.ˈdɛs.(ə.)məl/
The verdict
“hexadecimal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,758 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,758
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hexadecimal
Corpus desk
Index PT-hexadecimal · hexadecimal · Portuguese
hexadecimal · rank #56,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,758
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hidrato
Nearest frequency peer: hidrato (+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 “hexadecimal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- grelo
grelo
43,258 corpus weight
- hexadecimal
hexadecimal
43,243 corpus weight
- hidrato
hidrato
43,241 corpus weight
- hidrólise
hidrólise
43,240 corpus weight
- horripilante
horripilante
43,234 corpus weight
- kartódromo
kartódromo
43,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hexadecimal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hexadecimal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌhɛk.sə.ˈdɛs.(ə.)məl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hexadecimal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hexadecimal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,758 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌhɛk.sə.ˈdɛs.(ə.)məl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hexadecimal".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hexadecimal, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hexadecimal, spelled H-E-X-A-D-E-C-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1hexadecimal
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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