kitten
/ˈkɪ.tən/
The verdict
“kitten” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,946 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,946
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - filhote de gato, gatinho
Corpus desk
Index PT-kitten · kitten · Portuguese
kitten · rank #62,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,946
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH Josiah
Nearest frequency peer: Josiah (-5 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 “kitten”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Josiah
Josiah
37,060 corpus weight
- kitten
kitten
37,055 corpus weight
- Lacombe
Lacombe
37,049 corpus weight
- laundry
laundry
37,045 corpus weight
- legar
legar
37,040 corpus weight
- levitar
levitar
37,036 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kitten” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kitten |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɪ.tən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kitten” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kitten is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,946 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɪ.tən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "filhote de gato, gatinho".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kitten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is kitten, spelled K-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1filhote de gato, gatinho
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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