minus
The verdict
“minus” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,379 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,379
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menos
Corpus desk
Index PT-minus · minus · Portuguese
minus · rank #73,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,379
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH modernamente
Nearest frequency peer: modernamente (+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 “minus”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- matarão
matarão
26,639 corpus weight
- menosprezo
menosprezo
26,630 corpus weight
- mercurio
mercurio
26,629 corpus weight
- minus
minus
26,622 corpus weight
- modernamente
modernamente
26,616 corpus weight
- München
München
26,602 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “minus” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “minus” em português
Rare enough to double-check
minus is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,379 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "menos".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for minus, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is minus, spelled M-I-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1menos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how minus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nota: usado com o genitivo.
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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