pérfido
/ˈpɛɾ.fi.du/
The verdict
“pérfido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,129 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,129
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - infiel, desleal, falso; que falta à palavra
Corpus desk
Index PT-perfido · pérfido · Portuguese
pérfido · rank #99,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,129
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH préstimo
Nearest frequency peer: préstimo (-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 “pérfido”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Polidoro
Polidoro
907 corpus weight
- profiler
profiler
890 corpus weight
- préstimo
préstimo
880 corpus weight
- pérfido
pérfido
872 corpus weight
- regurgitar
regurgitar
848 corpus weight
- ridiculous
ridiculous
824 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pérfido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pérfido |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɛɾ.fi.du/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pérfido” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pérfido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,129 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɛɾ.fi.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "infiel, desleal, falso; que falta à palavra".
pérfido has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pérfido, spelled P-É-R-F-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1infiel, desleal, falso; que falta à palavra
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pérfido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Disseminar ódio entre classes, espalhar que regiões discriminam outras e usar o boato como forma de cooptação eleitoral são pérfidas maquinações de um vale-tudo que se esperava eliminado da política.
Ah! pérfidos! mal podia eu suspeitar a intenção secreta dos malvados.
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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