sima
The verdict
“sima” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,611 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,611
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zona abaixo do sial, constituída principalmente por silicatos, predominando os de magnésio e ferro
Corpus desk
Index PT-sima · sima · Portuguese
sima · rank #57,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,611
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH shed
Nearest frequency peer: shed (-6 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 “sima”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- salinidade
salinidade
42,409 corpus weight
- salsinha
salsinha
42,408 corpus weight
- sepultar
sepultar
42,400 corpus weight
- Serafina
Serafina
42,399 corpus weight
- shed
shed
42,396 corpus weight
- sima
sima
42,390 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sima” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sima |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sima” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sima is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,611 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zona abaixo do sial, constituída principalmente por silicatos, predominando os de magnésio e ferro".
sima has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sima, spelled S-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1zona abaixo do sial, constituída principalmente por silicatos, predominando os de magnésio e ferro
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sima appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Este grande macisso sialico atirado contra o Sima do Pacifico teria determinado o dobramento andino que isolou o mar Amazonico do oceano Pacifico. Durante o terciario deu-se a fuga do mar Amazonico em direcção nordeste, para o Atlantico.
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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