numb
/nʌm/
The verdict
“numb” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,554 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,554
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dormente, entorpecido
Corpus desk
Index PT-numb · numb · Portuguese
numb · rank #76,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,554
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH neno
Nearest frequency peer: neno (-6 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 “numb”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- morosidade
morosidade
23,466 corpus weight
- neno
neno
23,453 corpus weight
- numb
numb
23,447 corpus weight
- ombre
ombre
23,435 corpus weight
- opposite
opposite
23,431 corpus weight
- opt
opt
23,430 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “numb” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | numb |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /nʌm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #76,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “numb” em português
Rare enough to double-check
numb is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,554 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /nʌm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dormente, entorpecido".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for numb, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is numb, spelled N-U-M-B.
Definition
- 1dormente, entorpecido
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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