nêmesis
The verdict
“nêmesis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,364 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,364
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - alguém que exige ou aplica retaliação
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nêmesis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nêmesis” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nêmesis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,364 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for nêmesis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is nêmesis, spelled N-Ê-M-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1alguém que exige ou aplica retaliação
- 2arquirrival ou adversário temível e geralmente vitorioso
- 3ato de retaliar
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 “nêmesis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-Ê-M-E-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.