intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/
The verdict
“intellectual” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,820 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,820
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intelectual
Corpus desk
Index PT-intellectual · intellectual · Portuguese
intellectual · rank #52,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,820
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH intangível
Nearest frequency peer: intangível (-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 “intellectual”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- indigente
indigente
47,192 corpus weight
- indistintam…
indistintamente
47,191 corpus weight
- intangível
intangível
47,182 corpus weight
- intellectual
intellectual
47,181 corpus weight
- irredutível
irredutível
47,171 corpus weight
- Judeia
Judeia
47,163 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “intellectual” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intellectual |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “intellectual” em português
Rare enough to double-check
intellectual is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,820 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "intelectual".
intellectual doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is intellectual, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1intelectual
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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