scientist
/ˈsaɪən.tɪst/
The verdict
“scientist” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,110 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,110
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cientista
Corpus desk
Index PT-scientist · scientist · Portuguese
scientist · rank #65,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,110
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH savi
Nearest frequency peer: savi (-1 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 “scientist”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- rot
rot
34,905 corpus weight
- salmoura
salmoura
34,898 corpus weight
- satirizar
satirizar
34,893 corpus weight
- savi
savi
34,892 corpus weight
- scientist
scientist
34,891 corpus weight
- Scorpio
Scorpio
34,890 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “scientist” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scientist |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪən.tɪst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “scientist” em português
Rare enough to double-check
scientist is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,110 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsaɪən.tɪst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cientista".
No misspelling variants are generated for scientist in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is scientist, spelled S-C-I-E-N-T-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1cientista
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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