polifonia
/pɔ.li.fu.ˈni.ɐ/
The verdict
“polifonia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,802 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,802
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - na música, composição na qual se executam várias melodias ou vozes independentes que geram um caráter melódico e rítmico individualizado
Corpus desk
Index PT-polifonia · polifonia · Portuguese
polifonia · rank #69,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,802
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH prestável
Nearest frequency peer: prestável (+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 “polifonia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- profetizar
profetizar
30,188 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “polifonia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polifonia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɔ.li.fu.ˈni.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “polifonia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
polifonia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,802 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɔ.li.fu.ˈni.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for polifonia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is polifonia, spelled P-O-L-I-F-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1na música, composição na qual se executam várias melodias ou vozes independentes que geram um caráter melódico e rítmico individualizado
- 2execução de vários sons, harmonicamente
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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