spada
/ˈspaδa/.
The verdict
“spada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,288 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,288
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espada.
Corpus desk
Index PT-spada · spada · Portuguese
spada · rank #93,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,288
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sobressalto
Nearest frequency peer: sobressalto (-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 “spada”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- saiote
saiote
6,755 corpus weight
- satura
satura
6,747 corpus weight
- sobressalto
sobressalto
6,721 corpus weight
- spada
spada
6,713 corpus weight
- subtilmente
subtilmente
6,703 corpus weight
- teixo
teixo
6,684 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “spada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspaδa/. |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “spada” em português
Rare enough to double-check
spada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,288 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspaδa/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espada.".
spada doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is spada, spelled S-P-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1espada.
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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