Luxembourg
/ˈlug.səmˌbɒˀ/, /ˈlug.səmˌbuɐˀw/
The verdict
“Luxembourg” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,912 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,912
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luxemburgo
Corpus desk
Index PT-luxembourg · Luxembourg · Portuguese
Luxembourg · rank #95,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,912
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH lezíria
Nearest frequency peer: lezíria (-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 “Luxembourg”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Kuba
Kuba
4,118 corpus weight
- lezíria
lezíria
4,102 corpus weight
- Luxembourg
Luxembourg
4,089 corpus weight
- Mangold
Mangold
4,075 corpus weight
- manjerona
manjerona
4,073 corpus weight
- maqueta
maqueta
4,069 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Luxembourg” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luxembourg |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlug.səmˌbɒˀ/, /ˈlug.səmˌbuɐˀw/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Luxembourg” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Luxembourg is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,912 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlug.səmˌbɒˀ/, /ˈlug.səmˌbuɐˀw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Luxembourg has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Luxembourg, spelled L-U-X-E-M-B-O-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Luxemburgo
- 2Luxemburgo, capital desse país
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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