náufrago
The verdict
“náufrago” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,025 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,025
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio
Corpus desk
Index PT-naufrago · náufrago · Portuguese
náufrago · rank #54,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,025
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nut
Nearest frequency peer: nut (-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 “náufrago”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nefasto
nefasto
45,982 corpus weight
- nivelamento
nivelamento
45,979 corpus weight
- nut
nut
45,977 corpus weight
- náufrago
náufrago
45,976 corpus weight
- ocasionado
ocasionado
45,974 corpus weight
- ourivesaria
ourivesaria
45,967 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “náufrago” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | náufrago |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “náufrago” em português
Rare enough to double-check
náufrago is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,025 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for náufrago, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is náufrago, spelled N-Á-U-F-R-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1pessoa que sofreu um naufrágio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how náufrago appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por fim uma idéia sinistra passou-lhe pela mente e agarrou-se a ela como um náufrago a um destroço de seu navio; o desespero tem dessas coincidências; um pensamento louco é às vezes um bálsamo consolador, que, se não cura, adormece o padecimento.
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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