slavery

/ˈsleɪvəɹi/

//ˈsleɪvəɹi// noun

The verdict

“slavery” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,878 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,878
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - escravidão

Corpus desk

Index PT-slavery · slavery · Portuguese

slavery · rank #51,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,878
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH subaquático

Nearest frequency peer: subaquático (+2 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 “slavery”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “slavery” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for slavery
PropertyValue
Headwordslavery
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsleɪvəɹi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “slavery” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).slaverycai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “subaquático” (#51,880), “sujidade” (#51,881), “supérfluo” (#51,884). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “slavery” fica em #51,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

slavery is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,878 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsleɪvəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "escravidão".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for slavery, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is slavery, spelled S-L-A-V-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    escravidão

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "slavery"?
"slavery" is spelled S-L-A-V-E-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsleɪvəɹi/.
What does "slavery" mean?
As a noun, "slavery" means: escravidão
How do you pronounce "slavery"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slavery" is /ˈsleɪvəɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "slavery" come from?
"slavery" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "slavery", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list