pleasant

/ˈplɛzənt/

//ˈplɛzənt// adj

The verdict

“pleasant” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,934 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,934
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agradável

Corpus desk

Index PT-pleasant · pleasant · Portuguese

pleasant · rank #56,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,934
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH planar

Nearest frequency peer: planar (-1 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 “pleasant”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pleasant” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pleasant
PropertyValue
Headwordpleasant
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈplɛzənt/
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pleasant” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pleasantcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “planar” (#56,933), “piá” (#56,932), “porosidade” (#56,941). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pleasant” fica em #56,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pleasant is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,934 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈplɛzənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "agradável".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pleasant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pleasant, spelled P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    agradável

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pleasant"?
"pleasant" is spelled P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈplɛzənt/.
What does "pleasant" mean?
As an adjective, "pleasant" means: agradável
How do you pronounce "pleasant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleasant" is /ˈplɛzənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleasant" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pleasant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list