pélvis
/ˈpɛɫ.viʃ/
The verdict
“pélvis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,077 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,077
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - denominação da cavidade óssea através da qual as pernas e a espinha estão conectadas à parte superior do corpo, abrigando também parte do aparelho genital e urinário, e do reto; pelve, bacia
Corpus desk
Index PT-pelvis · pélvis · Portuguese
pélvis · rank #54,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,077
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ramada
Nearest frequency peer: ramada (+8 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 “pélvis”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- passer
passer
45,957 corpus weight
- peluche
peluche
45,951 corpus weight
- portagem
portagem
45,939 corpus weight
- prenúncio
prenúncio
45,935 corpus weight
- pélvis
pélvis
45,924 corpus weight
- ramada
ramada
45,916 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pélvis” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pélvis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɛɫ.viʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pélvis” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pélvis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,077 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɛɫ.viʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "denominação da cavidade óssea através da qual as pernas e a espinha estão conectadas à parte superior do corpo, abrigando também parte do aparelho genital e urinário, e do reto; pelve, bacia".
No misspelling variants are generated for pélvis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pélvis, spelled P-É-L-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1denominação da cavidade óssea através da qual as pernas e a espinha estão conectadas à parte superior do corpo, abrigando também parte do aparelho genital e urinário, e do reto; pelve, bacia
Synonyms
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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