squid
/skwɪd/
The verdict
“squid” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,791 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,791
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lula (animal)
Corpus desk
Index PT-squid · squid · Portuguese
squid · rank #72,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,791
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH soturno
Nearest frequency peer: soturno (-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 “squid”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- sotavento
sotavento
27,213 corpus weight
- soturno
soturno
27,212 corpus weight
- squid
squid
27,210 corpus weight
- subsistir
subsistir
27,200 corpus weight
- subtraído
subtraído
27,199 corpus weight
- sucessivo
sucessivo
27,198 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “squid” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | squid |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skwɪd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “squid” em português
Rare enough to double-check
squid is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,791 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /skwɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lula (animal)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for squid, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is squid, spelled S-Q-U-I-D.
Definition
- 1lula (animal)
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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