hipérbole
/i.ˈpɛɾ.bu.lɨ/
The verdict
“hipérbole” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,021 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,021
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exagero óbvio e intencional, emprego de uma palavra ou expressão exagerada para dar mais expressividade à mensagem
Corpus desk
Index PT-hiperbole · hipérbole · Portuguese
hipérbole · rank #50,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,021
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH haveriam
Nearest frequency peer: haveriam (-3 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 “hipérbole”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- grisalho
grisalho
49,996 corpus weight
- haveriam
haveriam
49,983 corpus weight
- hipérbole
hipérbole
49,980 corpus weight
- iconografia
iconografia
49,975 corpus weight
- infanticídio
infanticídio
49,967 corpus weight
- inoportuno
inoportuno
49,965 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hipérbole” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hipérbole |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.ˈpɛɾ.bu.lɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hipérbole” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hipérbole is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,021 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.ˈpɛɾ.bu.lɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hipérbole has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is hipérbole, spelled H-I-P-É-R-B-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1exagero óbvio e intencional, emprego de uma palavra ou expressão exagerada para dar mais expressividade à mensagem
- 2intersecção entre uma superfície cônica circular regular e um plano que passa através das duas metades do cone
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hipérbole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sem nenhum risco de hipérbole, assim é este livro As Ilusões da Modernidade, de João Alexandre Barbosa (1937-2006), joia de preciosidade inestimável originalmente publicada em 1986, que um sábio editor repõe em circulação.
Synonyms
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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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