solitude
/so.liˈtu.d͡ʒi/
The verdict
“solitude” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,438 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,438
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - solidão, em particular aquela agradável ou buscada por vontade própria
Corpus desk
Index PT-solitude · solitude · Portuguese
solitude · rank #91,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,438
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sinete
Nearest frequency peer: sinete (-8 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 “solitude”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- sazonalmente
sazonalmente
8,595 corpus weight
- seringal
seringal
8,583 corpus weight
- sinete
sinete
8,571 corpus weight
- solitude
solitude
8,563 corpus weight
- stacks
stacks
8,554 corpus weight
- subjetivame…
subjetivamente
8,541 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “solitude” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | solitude |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /so.liˈtu.d͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “solitude” em português
Rare enough to double-check
solitude is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,438 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /so.liˈtu.d͡ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for solitude in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is solitude, spelled S-O-L-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1solidão, em particular aquela agradável ou buscada por vontade própria
- 2estado de estar ou sentir-se sozinho, isolado de todo o resto
- 3lugar desabitado, ermo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how solitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quem é que sabe / O quanto lhe cabe / Dessa solitude? / Guerra vende armas, mantém cargos / Destrói sonhos
O navegante Lima Barreto afogou-se em outras águas, muito distantes de seu sonho (...) Deixou no "Diário" e no romance uma prosa viva de denúncia e de íntimas descobertas. Na última frase do manuscrito de ficção, a marca da exclusão, da solitude e do lugar intervalar que nunca soube ultrapassar: "Fiquei só no vão da janela". (artigo do jornal Folha de S.…
Synonyms
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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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