horripilante
/u.Ri.pi.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“horripilante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,767 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,767
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - horroroso, horrendo, horrível
Corpus desk
Index PT-horripilante · horripilante · Portuguese
horripilante · rank #56,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,767
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hidrólise
Nearest frequency peer: hidrólise (-6 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 “horripilante”
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 “horripilante” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | horripilante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /u.Ri.pi.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “horripilante” em português
Rare enough to double-check
horripilante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,767 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /u.Ri.pi.ˈlɐ̃.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "horroroso, horrendo, horrível".
No misspelling variants are generated for horripilante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is horripilante, spelled H-O-R-R-I-P-I-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1horroroso, horrendo, horrível
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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