ies
/ˈi.e̞s/
The verdict
“ies” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,011 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,011
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - canga, jugo
Corpus desk
Index PT-ies · ies · Portuguese
ies · rank #61,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,011
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH heroicamente
Nearest frequency peer: heroicamente (-8 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 “ies”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gusto
gusto
39,003 corpus weight
- heroicamente
heroicamente
38,998 corpus weight
- ies
ies
38,990 corpus weight
- indefensável
indefensável
38,982 corpus weight
- inorgânico
inorgânico
38,976 corpus weight
- inventivo
inventivo
38,970 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ies” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ies |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈi.e̞s/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #61,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ies” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ies is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,011 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈi.e̞s/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ies, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ies, spelled I-E-S.
Definition
- 1canga, jugo
- 2fardo, estorvo, incômodo
- 3opressão, repressão, perseguição
Synonyms
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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