rance
\ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“rance” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,826 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,826
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rançoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-rance · rance · Portuguese
rance · rank #69,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,826
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH refugo
Nearest frequency peer: refugo (+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 “rance”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- polifonia
polifonia
30,199 corpus weight
- prestável
prestável
30,194 corpus weight
- professar
professar
30,189 corpus weight
- profetizar
profetizar
30,188 corpus weight
- rance
rance
30,175 corpus weight
- refugo
refugo
30,167 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rance” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rance |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rance” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rance is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,826 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rançoso".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rance, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is rance, spelled R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1rançoso
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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