hostel
/ˈhɑstəl/ ou /ˈhɒstəl/
The verdict
“hostel” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,221 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,221
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - albergue
Corpus desk
Index PT-hostel · hostel · Portuguese
hostel · rank #52,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,221
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hipertrofia
Nearest frequency peer: hipertrofia (-5 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 “hostel”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- glande
glande
47,805 corpus weight
- gravíssima
gravíssima
47,795 corpus weight
- gôndola
gôndola
47,792 corpus weight
- hipertrofia
hipertrofia
47,785 corpus weight
- hostel
hostel
47,780 corpus weight
- interiormen…
interiormente
47,761 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hostel” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hostel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɑstəl/ ou /ˈhɒstəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hostel” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hostel is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,221 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɑstəl/ ou /ˈhɒstəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hostel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is hostel, spelled H-O-S-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1albergue
- 2abrigo (para pessoas itinerantes)
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).