palpitação
/paɫ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“palpitação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,052 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,052
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de palpitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-palpitacao · palpitação · Portuguese
palpitação · rank #69,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,052
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH parangolé
Nearest frequency peer: parangolé (+2 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 “palpitação”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- palpitação
palpitação
30,949 corpus weight
- parangolé
parangolé
30,947 corpus weight
- pavimentar
pavimentar
30,942 corpus weight
- penar
penar
30,939 corpus weight
- pensionista
pensionista
30,936 corpus weight
- perceção
perceção
30,934 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “palpitação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palpitação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /paɫ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “palpitação” em português
Rare enough to double-check
palpitação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,052 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /paɫ.pi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato ou efeito de palpitar".
No generated misspelling entries exist for palpitação in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is palpitação, spelled P-A-L-P-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de palpitar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how palpitação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas Suzana, pessoa amável, faz o possível para ouvir, por trás do mutismo de Brasília, a palpitação de "um senso de orgulho,como se o Brasil fosse auto-suficiente".
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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