mock
/mɒk/
The verdict
“mock” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,672 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,672
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falso, de imitação
Corpus desk
Index PT-mock · mock · Portuguese
mock · rank #86,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,672
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH Meister
Nearest frequency peer: Meister (-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 “mock”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lusitanas
lusitanas
13,369 corpus weight
- madrugar
madrugar
13,364 corpus weight
- Malachi
Malachi
13,363 corpus weight
- Meister
Meister
13,342 corpus weight
- mock
mock
13,329 corpus weight
- newly
newly
13,302 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mock” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mock |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɒk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mock” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mock is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,672 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɒk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "falso, de imitação".
No misspelling variants are generated for mock in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mock, spelled M-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1falso, de imitação
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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