lacustre
/lɐ.ˈkuʃ.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“lacustre” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,905 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,905
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a lagos
Corpus desk
Index PT-lacustre · lacustre · Portuguese
lacustre · rank #98,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,905
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH kink
Nearest frequency peer: kink (-7 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 “lacustre”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- jubilado
jubilado
1,117 corpus weight
- kidney
kidney
1,104 corpus weight
- kink
kink
1,103 corpus weight
- lacustre
lacustre
1,096 corpus weight
- lavoro
lavoro
1,089 corpus weight
- lawless
lawless
1,088 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lacustre” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lacustre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /lɐ.ˈkuʃ.tɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lacustre” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lacustre is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,905 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /lɐ.ˈkuʃ.tɾɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lacustre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is lacustre, spelled L-A-C-U-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1relativo a lagos
- 2que vive num lago
- 3que está sobre ou às margens de um lago
This word in other languages
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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