incógnito
/ĩ.ˈkɔ.ɡni.tu/
The verdict
“incógnito” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,919 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,919
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desconhecido
Corpus desk
Index PT-incognito · incógnito · Portuguese
incógnito · rank #62,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,919
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH incorrigível
Nearest frequency peer: incorrigível (-1 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 “incógnito”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- insuficient…
insuficientemente
37,076 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “incógnito” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incógnito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.ˈkɔ.ɡni.tu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “incógnito” em português
Rare enough to double-check
incógnito is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,919 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ĩ.ˈkɔ.ɡni.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "desconhecido".
Zero misspellings are on record for incógnito in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is incógnito, spelled I-N-C-Ó-G-N-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1desconhecido
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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