quickly

/ˈkwɪkli/

//ˈkwɪkli// adv

The verdict

“quickly” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,130 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,130
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-quickly · quickly · Portuguese

quickly · rank #69,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,130
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH recontar

Nearest frequency peer: recontar (+6 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 “quickly”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quickly
PropertyValue
Headwordquickly
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/ˈkwɪkli/
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,130
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quickly” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).quicklycai 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: “recontar” (#69,136), “remendar” (#69,143), “reticente” (#69,152). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quickly” fica em #69,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quickly is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,130 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈkwɪkli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rapidamente".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quickly, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is quickly, spelled Q-U-I-C-K-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    rapidamente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how quickly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Luckily, the error was quickly corrected.

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 "quickly"?
"quickly" is spelled Q-U-I-C-K-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwɪkli/.
What does "quickly" mean?
As an adverb, "quickly" means: rapidamente
How do you pronounce "quickly"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quickly" is /ˈkwɪkli/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quickly" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list