schema
/skiːmə/
The verdict
“schema” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,858 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,858
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esquema
Corpus desk
Index PT-schema · schema · Portuguese
schema · rank #86,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,858
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sementeira
Nearest frequency peer: sementeira (+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 “schema”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- recostar
recostar
13,187 corpus weight
- rok
rok
13,155 corpus weight
- schema
schema
13,143 corpus weight
- sementeira
sementeira
13,140 corpus weight
- telheiro
telheiro
13,100 corpus weight
- tentares
tentares
13,096 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “schema” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schema |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skiːmə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “schema” em português
Rare enough to double-check
schema is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,858 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /skiːmə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esquema".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schema, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is schema, spelled S-C-H-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1esquema
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).