phase
/feɪz/
The verdict
“phase” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,943 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,943
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fase
Corpus desk
Index PT-phase · phase · Portuguese
phase · rank #59,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,943
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pocilga
Nearest frequency peer: pocilga (+5 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 “phase”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oxygen
oxygen
40,078 corpus weight
- pando
pando
40,074 corpus weight
- paulada
paulada
40,069 corpus weight
- phase
phase
40,058 corpus weight
- pocilga
pocilga
40,053 corpus weight
- primal
primal
40,043 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “phase” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phase |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /feɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “phase” em português
Rare enough to double-check
phase is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,943 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /feɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fase".
phase has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is phase, spelled P-H-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1fase
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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