shaman
/ˈʃeɪmən/, /ˈʃɑːmən/
The verdict
“shaman” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,415 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,415
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - xamã
Corpus desk
Index PT-shaman · shaman · Portuguese
shaman · rank #59,415 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,415
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH serro
Nearest frequency peer: serro (-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 “shaman”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- savoir
savoir
40,598 corpus weight
- serro
serro
40,590 corpus weight
- shaman
shaman
40,586 corpus weight
- sovaco
sovaco
40,577 corpus weight
- sumamente
sumamente
40,572 corpus weight
- séquito
séquito
40,570 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “shaman” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shaman |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃeɪmən/, /ˈʃɑːmən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “shaman” em português
Rare enough to double-check
shaman is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,415 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃeɪmən/, /ˈʃɑːmən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "xamã".
shaman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is shaman, spelled S-H-A-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1xamã
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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