marsupial
/maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], AFI: /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯] (coloquial)
The verdict
“marsupial” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,925 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,925
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pertencente ou relativo a marsúpio ou bolsa
Corpus desk
Index PT-marsupial · marsupial · Portuguese
marsupial · rank #78,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,925
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH marto
Nearest frequency peer: marto (+2 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 “marsupial”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- larica
larica
21,114 corpus weight
- libreto
libreto
21,105 corpus weight
- lithium
lithium
21,101 corpus weight
- maravilhar
maravilhar
21,083 corpus weight
- marsupial
marsupial
21,076 corpus weight
- marto
marto
21,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “marsupial” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marsupial |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], AFI: /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯] (coloquial) |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “marsupial” em português
Rare enough to double-check
marsupial is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,925 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], AFI: /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯] (coloquial). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marsupial, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is marsupial, spelled M-A-R-S-U-P-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1pertencente ou relativo a marsúpio ou bolsa
- 2que tem forma de bolsa
- 3que tem órgão em forma de bolsa
This word in other languages
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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