sifão
/si.ˈfɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“sifão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,792 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,792
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tubagem curva, utilizada no escoamento de pias, lavatórios e sanitas
Corpus desk
Index PT-sifao · sifão · Portuguese
sifão · rank #58,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,792
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH signe
Nearest frequency peer: signe (+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 “sifão”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- rough
rough
41,224 corpus weight
- ruga
ruga
41,222 corpus weight
- sifão
sifão
41,209 corpus weight
- signe
signe
41,208 corpus weight
- simulacro
simulacro
41,207 corpus weight
- sobremaneira
sobremaneira
41,206 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sifão” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sifão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /si.ˈfɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sifão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sifão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,792 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /si.ˈfɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tubagem curva, utilizada no escoamento de pias, lavatórios e sanitas".
sifão doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sifão, spelled S-I-F-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1tubagem curva, utilizada no escoamento de pias, lavatórios e sanitas
This word in other languages
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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