sable
[sabl]
The verdict
“sable” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,303 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,303
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - areia
Corpus desk
Index PT-sable · sable · Portuguese
sable · rank #74,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,303
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ronronar
Nearest frequency peer: ronronar (-5 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 “sable”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ralador
ralador
25,737 corpus weight
- reclamante
reclamante
25,727 corpus weight
- ressarcir
ressarcir
25,717 corpus weight
- ronronar
ronronar
25,703 corpus weight
- sable
sable
25,698 corpus weight
- soi
soi
25,666 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sable” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sable |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sabl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sable” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sable is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,303 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sabl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for sable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sable, spelled S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1areia
- 2a cor heráldica negra
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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