kier
/kjer/ : ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“kier” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,931 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,931
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - copas
Corpus desk
Index PT-kier · kier · Portuguese
kier · rank #94,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,931
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH kien
Nearest frequency peer: kien (-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 “kier”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- joelheira
joelheira
5,088 corpus weight
- Kauã
Kauã
5,076 corpus weight
- kien
kien
5,071 corpus weight
- kier
kier
5,070 corpus weight
- kuru
kuru
5,061 corpus weight
- lias
lias
5,050 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kier” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kier |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kjer/ : ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kier” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kier is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,931 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kjer/ : ouvir^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "copas".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kier, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is kier, spelled K-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1copas
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).