regal
The verdict
“regal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,719 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,719
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relacionado a realeza ou rei; realengo, régio
Corpus desk
Index PT-regal · regal · Portuguese
regal · rank #67,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,719
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH ramalhete
Nearest frequency peer: ramalhete (-3 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 “regal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Polka
Polka
32,304 corpus weight
- ramalhete
ramalhete
32,285 corpus weight
- regal
regal
32,282 corpus weight
- reprimenda
reprimenda
32,272 corpus weight
- resignado
resignado
32,269 corpus weight
- retrasado
retrasado
32,265 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “regal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “regal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
regal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,719 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relacionado a realeza ou rei; realengo, régio".
regal has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is regal, spelled R-E-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1relacionado a realeza ou rei; realengo, régio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how regal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"título regal."
Synonyms
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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