ínterim
The verdict
“ínterim” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,707 among 15 “Í” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,707
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 15
- “Í” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio
Corpus desk
Index PT-interim · ínterim · Portuguese
ínterim · rank #60,707 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,707
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 15
- PHOTO-FINISH whom
Nearest frequency peer: whom (-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 “ínterim”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vampirismo
vampirismo
39,310 corpus weight
- vasectomia
vasectomia
39,309 corpus weight
- velocímetro
velocímetro
39,308 corpus weight
- whom
whom
39,297 corpus weight
- ínterim
ínterim
39,294 corpus weight
- afrouxar
afrouxar
39,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ínterim” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ínterim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ínterim” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ínterim is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,707 among 15 “Í” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio".
ínterim doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ínterim, spelled Í-N-T-E-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1qualidade daquilo que é interino; tempo intermédio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ínterim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nesse ínterim, o governo diminuiu os benefícios relativos à assistência médica e a pensões.
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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