ianque
/ˈjɐ̃.kɨ/
The verdict
“ianque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,909 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,909
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - americano, estado-unidense, estadunidense, norte-americano
Corpus desk
Index PT-ianque · ianque · Portuguese
ianque · rank #62,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,909
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH impertinente
Nearest frequency peer: impertinente (+2 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 “ianque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- hermético
hermético
37,103 corpus weight
- ianque
ianque
37,092 corpus weight
- impertinente
impertinente
37,090 corpus weight
- incorrigível
incorrigível
37,083 corpus weight
- incógnito
incógnito
37,082 corpus weight
- indulgente
indulgente
37,079 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ianque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ianque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈjɐ̃.kɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ianque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ianque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,909 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈjɐ̃.kɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "americano, estado-unidense, estadunidense, norte-americano".
ianque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ianque, spelled I-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1americano, estado-unidense, estadunidense, norte-americano
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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