kite
/kaɪt/
The verdict
“kite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,058 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,058
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pipa, papagaio, papagaio de papel
Corpus desk
Index PT-kite · kite · Portuguese
kite · rank #55,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,058
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH kono
Nearest frequency peer: kono (+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 “kite”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- iri
iri
44,955 corpus weight
- irrevogável
irrevogável
44,953 corpus weight
- kite
kite
44,943 corpus weight
- kono
kono
44,940 corpus weight
- lamparina
lamparina
44,936 corpus weight
- leitoso
leitoso
44,931 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kite” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kite |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kaɪt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kite” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,058 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
kite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is kite, spelled K-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1pipa, papagaio, papagaio de papel
- 2milhafre, milhano
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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