sépia
/ˈsɛ.pjɐ/
The verdict
“sépia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,515 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,515
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de cor que varia dum cinzento acastanhado a um marrom-oliva escuro
Corpus desk
Index PT-sepia · sépia · Portuguese
sépia · rank #66,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,515
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH suster
Nearest frequency peer: suster (-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 “sépia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- serrar
serrar
33,516 corpus weight
- suster
suster
33,490 corpus weight
- sépia
sépia
33,486 corpus weight
- transcontin…
transcontinental
33,466 corpus weight
- untar
untar
33,457 corpus weight
- useful
useful
33,456 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sépia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sépia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɛ.pjɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sépia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sépia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,515 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsɛ.pjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de cor que varia dum cinzento acastanhado a um marrom-oliva escuro".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sépia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sépia, spelled S-É-P-I-A.
Definition
- 1de cor que varia dum cinzento acastanhado a um marrom-oliva escuro
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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