responsa
The verdict
“responsa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,378 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,378
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - encargo pelo qual se responde ou se é responsável
Corpus desk
Index PT-responsa · responsa · Portuguese
responsa · rank #59,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,378
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH riba
Nearest frequency peer: riba (+4 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 “responsa”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- radiologista
radiologista
40,640 corpus weight
- rafale
rafale
40,639 corpus weight
- rebolado
rebolado
40,633 corpus weight
- responsa
responsa
40,623 corpus weight
- riba
riba
40,619 corpus weight
- ribanceira
ribanceira
40,618 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “responsa” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | responsa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “responsa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
responsa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,378 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "encargo pelo qual se responde ou se é responsável".
Zero misspellings are on record for responsa in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is responsa, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A.
Definition
- 1encargo pelo qual se responde ou se é responsável
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how responsa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Isso fica na responsa de quem?
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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