hipocondria
/i.pɔ.kõ.ˈdɾi.ɐ/
The verdict
“hipocondria” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,181 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,181
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estado psíquico que se caracteriza pela crença infundada de se padecer de uma doença grave
Corpus desk
Index PT-hipocondria · hipocondria · Portuguese
hipocondria · rank #89,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,181
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH Hendrik
Nearest frequency peer: Hendrik (-8 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 “hipocondria”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- glosa
glosa
10,852 corpus weight
- haveríamos
haveríamos
10,831 corpus weight
- Hendrik
Hendrik
10,828 corpus weight
- hipocondria
hipocondria
10,820 corpus weight
- incongruênc…
incongruência
10,796 corpus weight
- inteligibil…
inteligibilidade
10,784 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hipocondria” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hipocondria |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.pɔ.kõ.ˈdɾi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hipocondria” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hipocondria is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,181 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.pɔ.kõ.ˈdɾi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hipocondria doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is hipocondria, spelled H-I-P-O-C-O-N-D-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1estado psíquico que se caracteriza pela crença infundada de se padecer de uma doença grave
- 2tristeza profunda, melancolia
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hipocondria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
E foi por diante o mágico, a agitar diante de mim um chocalho, como me faziam, em pequeno, para eu andar depressa, e a flor da hipocondria recolheu-se ao botão para deixar a outra flor menos amarela, e nada mórbida - o amor da nomeada, o emplasto Brás Cubas.
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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