letargia

/lɨ.tɐɾ.ˈʒi.ɐ/

//lɨ.tɐɾ.ˈʒi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“letargia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,815 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,815
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sonolência profunda e prolongada

Corpus desk

Index PT-letargia · letargia · Portuguese

letargia · rank #56,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,815
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH leur

Nearest frequency peer: leur (+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 “letargia”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “letargia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for letargia
PropertyValue
Headwordletargia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lɨ.tɐɾ.ˈʒi.ɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “letargia” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).letargiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “leur” (#56,816), “loro” (#56,823), “kartódromo” (#56,799). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “letargia” fica em #56,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

letargia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,815 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lɨ.tɐɾ.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sonolência profunda e prolongada".

letargia has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is letargia, spelled L-E-T-A-R-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    sonolência profunda e prolongada

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "letargia"?
"letargia" is spelled L-E-T-A-R-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /lɨ.tɐɾ.ˈʒi.ɐ/.
What does "letargia" mean?
As a noun, "letargia" means: sonolência profunda e prolongada
How do you pronounce "letargia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "letargia" is /lɨ.tɐɾ.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "letargia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list