Libya
/ˈlɪb.i.ə/
The verdict
“Libya” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,309 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,309
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Líbia
Corpus desk
Index PT-libya · Libya · Portuguese
Libya · rank #77,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,309
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH Kupfer
Nearest frequency peer: Kupfer (-13 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 “Libya”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- keel
keel
22,712 corpus weight
- Kupfer
Kupfer
22,705 corpus weight
- Libya
Libya
22,692 corpus weight
- marinada
marinada
22,670 corpus weight
- matan
matan
22,668 corpus weight
- maçon
maçon
22,665 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Libya” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Libya |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪb.i.ə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Libya” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Libya is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,309 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪb.i.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Líbia".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Libya in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Libya, spelled L-I-B-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Líbia
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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