minority
/maɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/, /mɨˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/
The verdict
“minority” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,662 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,662
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - minoria
Corpus desk
Index PT-minority · minority · Portuguese
minority · rank #58,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,662
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH moqueca
Nearest frequency peer: moqueca (+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 “minority”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- metafórico
metafórico
41,345 corpus weight
- microproces…
microprocessador
41,342 corpus weight
- minority
minority
41,339 corpus weight
- moqueca
moqueca
41,338 corpus weight
- mácula
mácula
41,332 corpus weight
- necrópole
necrópole
41,327 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “minority” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minority |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /maɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/, /mɨˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “minority” em português
Rare enough to double-check
minority is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,662 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /maɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/, /mɨˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
minority doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is minority, spelled M-I-N-O-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1minoria
- 2menoridade
Antonyms
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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