iglu
/i.ˈglu/
The verdict
“iglu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,791 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,791
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - habitação arredondada feita de blocos de gelo ou de neve
Corpus desk
Index PT-iglu · iglu · Portuguese
iglu · rank #59,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,791
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH hates
Nearest frequency peer: hates (-16 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 “iglu”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- grudou
grudou
40,234 corpus weight
- guache
guache
40,233 corpus weight
- hates
hates
40,226 corpus weight
- iglu
iglu
40,210 corpus weight
- jes
jes
40,179 corpus weight
- Kanu
Kanu
40,177 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “iglu” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iglu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.ˈglu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “iglu” em português
Rare enough to double-check
iglu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,791 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.ˈglu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "habitação arredondada feita de blocos de gelo ou de neve".
iglu has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is iglu, spelled I-G-L-U.
Definition
- 1habitação arredondada feita de blocos de gelo ou de neve
This word in other languages
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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