peninsular
/pə.nĩ.su.ˈlar/
The verdict
“peninsular” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,789 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,789
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à península, da península, natural da península
Corpus desk
Index PT-peninsular · peninsular · Portuguese
peninsular · rank #69,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,789
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perambular
Nearest frequency peer: perambular (+3 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 “peninsular”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- papoila
papoila
30,223 corpus weight
- peninsular
peninsular
30,212 corpus weight
- perambular
perambular
30,209 corpus weight
- polifonia
polifonia
30,199 corpus weight
- prestável
prestável
30,194 corpus weight
- professar
professar
30,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “peninsular” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peninsular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pə.nĩ.su.ˈlar/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “peninsular” em português
Rare enough to double-check
peninsular is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,789 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pə.nĩ.su.ˈlar/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for peninsular in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 peninsular, spelled P-E-N-I-N-S-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1relativo à península, da península, natural da península
- 2da Península Ibérica
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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