morbidade
/moɹ.bi.ˈda.dʒi/
The verdict
“morbidade” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,633 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,633
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - capacidade, qualidade ou condição daquilo que capaz de produzir doença ou do que é doente
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morbidade |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /moɹ.bi.ˈda.dʒi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morbidade” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
morbidade is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,633 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /moɹ.bi.ˈda.dʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for morbidade in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is morbidade, spelled M-O-R-B-I-D-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1capacidade, qualidade ou condição daquilo que capaz de produzir doença ou do que é doente
- 2na demografia médica ou epidemiologia, a relação entre o número de casos de determinada moléstia e o número de habitantes em dado lugar e momento
- 3quantidade relativa de casos de certa doença
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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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Using “morbidade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-R-B-I-D-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.