proper
/ˈpɹɔp.ə/
The verdict
“proper” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,103 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,103
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adequado
Corpus desk
Index PT-proper · proper · Portuguese
proper · rank #63,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,103
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH putrefação
Nearest frequency peer: putrefação (+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 “proper”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- petroquímico
petroquímico
36,926 corpus weight
- pincelada
pincelada
36,919 corpus weight
- piscada
piscada
36,918 corpus weight
- poliedro
poliedro
36,910 corpus weight
- proper
proper
36,898 corpus weight
- putrefação
putrefação
36,890 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “proper” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proper |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɔp.ə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “proper” em português
Rare enough to double-check
proper is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,103 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɹɔp.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for proper, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is proper, spelled P-R-O-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1adequado
- 2apropriado, direito
- 3próprio
- 4completo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
meu próprio filho
Eu me senti um completo idiota.
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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