increase
/ˈɪnkriːs/, SAMPA: /"Inkri:s/
The verdict
“increase” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,187 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,187
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aumento, incremento
Corpus desk
Index PT-increase · increase · Portuguese
increase · rank #59,187 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,187
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH inalar
Nearest frequency peer: inalar (-3 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 “increase”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Grizzly
Grizzly
40,831 corpus weight
- inalar
inalar
40,817 corpus weight
- increase
increase
40,814 corpus weight
- inocentemen…
inocentemente
40,806 corpus weight
- insónia
insónia
40,803 corpus weight
- inóspito
inóspito
40,795 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “increase” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | increase |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪnkriːs/, SAMPA: /"Inkri:s/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “increase” em português
Rare enough to double-check
increase is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,187 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪnkriːs/, SAMPA: /"Inkri:s/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for increase, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is increase, spelled I-N-C-R-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1aumento, incremento
- 2prole
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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