ourselves
/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/, /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/
The verdict
“ourselves” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,092 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,092
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nos, a nós próprios, pronome reflexivo da primeira pessoa do plural:
Corpus desk
Index PT-ourselves · ourselves · Portuguese
ourselves · rank #84,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,092
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH oriento
Nearest frequency peer: oriento (-7 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 “ourselves”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mistress
mistress
15,965 corpus weight
- oriento
oriento
15,916 corpus weight
- ourselves
ourselves
15,909 corpus weight
- pani
pani
15,897 corpus weight
- paráfrase
paráfrase
15,887 corpus weight
- pressupor
pressupor
15,852 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ourselves” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ourselves |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/, /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ourselves” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ourselves is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,092 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/, /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ourselves in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ourselves, spelled O-U-R-S-E-L-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1nos, a nós próprios, pronome reflexivo da primeira pessoa do plural:
- 2mesmos, próprios (enfatiza o pronome we):
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ourselves appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We will defend ourselves with all our strength.
If you won't help us, we will do it ourselves.
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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