ik
/ˈi.kɪ/
The verdict
“ik” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,358 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,358
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indivíduo dos iques, povo que habita as montanhas do nordeste de Uganda, próximo à fronteira com o Quênia
Corpus desk
Index PT-ik · ik · Portuguese
ik · rank #53,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,358
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH implacavelmen…
Nearest frequency peer: implacavelmente (+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 “ik”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- grávido
grávido
46,657 corpus weight
- himself
himself
46,649 corpus weight
- ik
ik
46,643 corpus weight
- implacavelm…
implacavelmente
46,639 corpus weight
- incontável
incontável
46,634 corpus weight
- infeccioso
infeccioso
46,632 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ik” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ik |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈi.kɪ/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #53,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ik” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ik is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,358 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈi.kɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indivíduo dos iques, povo que habita as montanhas do nordeste de Uganda, próximo à fronteira com o Quênia".
ik has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ik, spelled I-K.
Definition
- 1indivíduo dos iques, povo que habita as montanhas do nordeste de Uganda, próximo à fronteira com o Quênia
Synonyms
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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.