shy
/ʃaɪ/
The verdict
“shy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,223 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,223
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tímido, envergonhado
Corpus desk
Index PT-shy · shy · Portuguese
shy · rank #50,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,223
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH situation
Nearest frequency peer: situation (+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 “shy”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- sano
sano
49,788 corpus weight
- shy
shy
49,778 corpus weight
- situation
situation
49,774 corpus weight
- smooth
smooth
49,771 corpus weight
- stray
stray
49,765 corpus weight
- sufixo
sufixo
49,760 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “shy” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ʃaɪ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #50,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “shy” em português
Rare enough to double-check
shy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,223 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ʃaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tímido, envergonhado".
No misspelling variants are generated for shy in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is shy, spelled S-H-Y.
Definition
- 1tímido, envergonhado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was too shy to invite you
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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