íbis
/i.biʃ/, /i.bis/
The verdict
“íbis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,929 among 15 “Í” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,929
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 15
- “Í” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ave pernalta de bico curvo
Corpus desk
Index PT-ibis · íbis · Portuguese
íbis · rank #65,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,929
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 15
- PHOTO-FINISH abeto
Nearest frequency peer: abeto (+4 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 “íbis”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- íbis
íbis
34,072 corpus weight
- abeto
abeto
34,068 corpus weight
- acalorado
acalorado
34,066 corpus weight
- acanhado
acanhado
34,065 corpus weight
- acuado
acuado
34,062 corpus weight
- agave
agave
34,054 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “íbis” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | íbis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.biʃ/, /i.bis/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “íbis” em português
Rare enough to double-check
íbis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,929 among 15 “Í” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.biʃ/, /i.bis/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ave pernalta de bico curvo".
No misspelling variants are generated for íbis in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is íbis, spelled Í-B-I-S.
Definition
- 1ave pernalta de bico curvo
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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