lizard
/ˈlɪ.zɚd/
The verdict
“lizard” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,728 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,728
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lagarto
Corpus desk
Index PT-lizard · lizard · Portuguese
lizard · rank #79,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,728
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH logro
Nearest frequency peer: logro (+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 “lizard”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- impugnar
impugnar
20,338 corpus weight
- jocoso
jocoso
20,301 corpus weight
- lizard
lizard
20,273 corpus weight
- logro
logro
20,272 corpus weight
- mecum
mecum
20,244 corpus weight
- nanica
nanica
20,208 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “lizard” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lizard |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlɪ.zɚd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “lizard” em português
Rare enough to double-check
lizard is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,728 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlɪ.zɚd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lizard, 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is lizard, spelled L-I-Z-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1lagarto
- 2pele de lagarto
- 3homem que frequenta bares atrás de mulheres para sustentá-lo
- 4indivíduo falso
- 5covarde
Synonyms
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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