Iraq
/ɪ.'ɹɑːk/, /i.'ɹæk/
The verdict
“Iraq” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,474 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,474
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Iraque
Corpus desk
Index PT-iraq · Iraq · Portuguese
Iraq · rank #54,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,474
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH inócuo
Nearest frequency peer: inócuo (-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 “Iraq”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ininterrupto
ininterrupto
45,538 corpus weight
- inteirar
inteirar
45,536 corpus weight
- inteligível
inteligível
45,535 corpus weight
- inócuo
inócuo
45,530 corpus weight
- Iraq
Iraq
45,527 corpus weight
- labuta
labuta
45,513 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Iraq” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iraq |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪ.'ɹɑːk/, /i.'ɹæk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Iraq” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Iraq is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,474 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪ.'ɹɑːk/, /i.'ɹæk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Iraque".
No misspelling variants are generated for Iraq in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Iraq, spelled I-R-A-Q.
Definition
- 1Iraque
Synonyms
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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