hitting
/ˈhɪtɪŋ/
The verdict
“hitting” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,853 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,853
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerúndio do verbo hit
Corpus desk
Index PT-hitting · hitting · Portuguese
hitting · rank #99,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,853
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hipogrifo
Nearest frequency peer: hipogrifo (-1 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 “hitting”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- guppy
guppy
160 corpus weight
- hermetismo
hermetismo
152 corpus weight
- hipogrifo
hipogrifo
149 corpus weight
- hitting
hitting
148 corpus weight
- iatismo
iatismo
133 corpus weight
- improprieda…
impropriedade
122 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hitting” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hitting |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈhɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hitting” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hitting is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,853 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈhɪtɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gerúndio do verbo hit".
No misspelling variants are generated for hitting in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is hitting, spelled H-I-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1gerúndio do verbo hit
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "hitting"?
What does "hitting" mean?
How do you pronounce "hitting"?
What language does "hitting" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hitting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).