petulância
/pɨ.tu.ˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/
The verdict
“petulância” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,230 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,230
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - característica ou propriedade de quem é petulante, arrogante
Corpus desk
Index PT-petulancia · petulância · Portuguese
petulância · rank #71,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,230
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pináculo
Nearest frequency peer: pináculo (+4 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 “petulância”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- peba
peba
28,782 corpus weight
- peixão
peixão
28,781 corpus weight
- permissivid…
permissividade
28,776 corpus weight
- petulância
petulância
28,771 corpus weight
- pináculo
pináculo
28,767 corpus weight
- piscadela
piscadela
28,766 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “petulância” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petulância |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɨ.tu.ˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “petulância” em português
Rare enough to double-check
petulância is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,230 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɨ.tu.ˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "característica ou propriedade de quem é petulante, arrogante".
petulância doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is petulância, spelled P-E-T-U-L-Â-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1característica ou propriedade de quem é petulante, arrogante
Antonyms
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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