nap
/ˈnap/
The verdict
“nap” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,546 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,546
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nabo (Brassica rapa)
Corpus desk
Index PT-nap · nap · Portuguese
nap · rank #54,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,546
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH mussarela
Nearest frequency peer: mussarela (-3 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 “nap”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- multimilion…
multimilionário
45,459 corpus weight
- mussarela
mussarela
45,458 corpus weight
- nap
nap
45,455 corpus weight
- needle
needle
45,450 corpus weight
- Núbia
Núbia
45,443 corpus weight
- núncio
núncio
45,442 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nap” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nap |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnap/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nap” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nap is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,546 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnap/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
nap doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is nap, spelled N-A-P.
Definition
- 1nabo (Brassica rapa)
- 2raiz comestível desta planta
- 3moeda de 5 pesetas, cunhada entre a segunda metade do século XIX e o reinado de Afonso XIII
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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