lighting
/ˈlaɪtɪŋ/
The verdict
“lighting” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,169 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,169
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - iluminação
Corpus desk
Index PT-lighting · lighting · Portuguese
lighting · rank #51,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,169
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH ledo
Nearest frequency peer: ledo (-6 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 “lighting”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- itambé
itambé
48,856 corpus weight
- jag
jag
48,855 corpus weight
- jurássico
jurássico
48,847 corpus weight
- ledo
ledo
48,838 corpus weight
- lighting
lighting
48,832 corpus weight
- meat
meat
48,810 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lighting” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lighting |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lighting” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lighting is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,169 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "iluminação".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lighting, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is lighting, spelled L-I-G-H-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1iluminação
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).