patience

/pasjɑ̃s/

//pasjɑ̃s// noun

The verdict

“patience” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,917 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,917
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - paciência

Corpus desk

Index PT-patience · patience · Portuguese

patience · rank #56,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,917
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH parelha

Nearest frequency peer: parelha (-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 “patience”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “patience” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patience
PropertyValue
Headwordpatience
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pasjɑ̃s/
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,917
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “patience” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).patiencecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “parelha” (#56,911), “palidez” (#56,905), “piá” (#56,932). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “patience” fica em #56,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patience is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,917 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pasjɑ̃s/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "paciência".

No generated misspelling entries exist for patience in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is patience, spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    paciência

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patience"?
"patience" is spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pasjɑ̃s/.
What does "patience" mean?
As a noun, "patience" means: paciência
How do you pronounce "patience"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patience" is /pasjɑ̃s/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patience" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patience", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list