lair
/lɛə/
The verdict
“lair” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,283 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,283
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antro, covil
Corpus desk
Index PT-lair · lair · Portuguese
lair · rank #62,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,283
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lamaçal
Nearest frequency peer: lamaçal (+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 “lair”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- irradiar
irradiar
37,743 corpus weight
- jenipapo
jenipapo
37,735 corpus weight
- lair
lair
37,718 corpus weight
- lamaçal
lamaçal
37,717 corpus weight
- linea
linea
37,707 corpus weight
- luterano
luterano
37,704 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lair” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lair |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lɛə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lair” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lair is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,283 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɛə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antro, covil".
No misspelling variants are generated for lair in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is lair, spelled L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1antro, covil
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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