sano
/ˈsa.no/.
The verdict
“sano” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,213 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,213
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saúde
Corpus desk
Index PT-sano · sano · Portuguese
sano · rank #50,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,213
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH shy
Nearest frequency peer: shy (+10 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 “sano”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- remendo
remendo
49,811 corpus weight
- repugnância
repugnância
49,807 corpus weight
- sano
sano
49,788 corpus weight
- shy
shy
49,778 corpus weight
- situation
situation
49,774 corpus weight
- smooth
smooth
49,771 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sano” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsa.no/. |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sano” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sano is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,213 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsa.no/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "saúde".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sano, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sano, spelled S-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1saúde
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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