species
/ˈspiːʃiːz/; /ˈspiːsiːz/
The verdict
“species” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,669 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,669
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie
Corpus desk
Index PT-species · species · Portuguese
species · rank #81,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,669
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sisto
Nearest frequency peer: sisto (-14 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 “species”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ríspido
ríspido
18,374 corpus weight
- satisfaction
satisfaction
18,364 corpus weight
- sisto
sisto
18,346 corpus weight
- species
species
18,332 corpus weight
- throne
throne
18,297 corpus weight
- trolha
trolha
18,283 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “species” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | species |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspiːʃiːz/; /ˈspiːsiːz/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “species” em português
Rare enough to double-check
species is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,669 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈspiːʃiːz/; /ˈspiːsiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
species has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is species, spelled S-P-E-C-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1espécie
- 2espécie; tipo; exemplar; variedade
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).