reflection
/ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/
The verdict
“reflection” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,838 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,838
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reflexão
Corpus desk
Index PT-reflection · reflection · Portuguese
reflection · rank #51,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,838
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH relevar
Nearest frequency peer: relevar (+2 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 “reflection”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- querela
querela
48,178 corpus weight
- raptar
raptar
48,172 corpus weight
- rebento
rebento
48,168 corpus weight
- reflection
reflection
48,163 corpus weight
- relevar
relevar
48,161 corpus weight
- rente
rente
48,157 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “reflection” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reflection |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “reflection” em português
Rare enough to double-check
reflection is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,838 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reflexão".
reflection has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is reflection, spelled R-E-F-L-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1reflexão
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 "reflection"?
What does "reflection" mean?
How do you pronounce "reflection"?
What language does "reflection" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reflection", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).