incontável
/ĩ.kõ.ˈta.vɛɫ/
The verdict
“incontável” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,367 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,367
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não se pode contar
Corpus desk
Index PT-incontavel · incontável · Portuguese
incontável · rank #53,367 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,367
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH infeccioso
Nearest frequency peer: infeccioso (+2 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 “incontável”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- interdepend…
interdependência
46,621 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “incontável” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incontável |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.kõ.ˈta.vɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,367 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “incontável” em português
Rare enough to double-check
incontável is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,367 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ĩ.kõ.ˈta.vɛɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que não se pode contar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for incontável, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 incontável, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-Á-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1que não se pode contar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incontável appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anotações dos verdes anos vividos nos sertões de Minas permeiam toda a obra rosiana, onde se infiltram lances devidos a uma incontável comparsaria infantil.
Antonyms
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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