necrópole
/neˈkɾɔ.po.li/
The verdict
“necrópole” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,674 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,674
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que cemitério
Corpus desk
Index PT-necropole · necrópole · Portuguese
necrópole · rank #58,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,674
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nomi
Nearest frequency peer: nomi (+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 “necrópole”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- minority
minority
41,339 corpus weight
- moqueca
moqueca
41,338 corpus weight
- mácula
mácula
41,332 corpus weight
- necrópole
necrópole
41,327 corpus weight
- nomi
nomi
41,324 corpus weight
- Oiapoque
Oiapoque
41,319 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “necrópole” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | necrópole |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /neˈkɾɔ.po.li/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “necrópole” em português
Rare enough to double-check
necrópole is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,674 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /neˈkɾɔ.po.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for necrópole, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 necrópole, spelled N-E-C-R-Ó-P-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que cemitério
- 2local destinado aos mortos em antigas civilizações, com construções próprias para sepultamento
- 3povoado ou cidade sem movimento, tranquilo demais
This word in other languages
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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