steak

/steɪk/

//steɪk// noun

The verdict

“steak” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,194 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,194
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-steak · steak · Portuguese

steak · rank #63,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,194
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH subscrito

Nearest frequency peer: subscrito (+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 “steak”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for steak
PropertyValue
Headwordsteak
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/steɪk/
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,194
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “steak” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).steakcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “subscrito” (#63,196), “subtropical” (#63,197), “tarântula” (#63,206). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “steak” fica em #63,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

steak is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,194 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /steɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bife".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for steak, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is steak, spelled S-T-E-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    bife

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 "steak"?
"steak" is spelled S-T-E-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is /steɪk/.
What does "steak" mean?
As a noun, "steak" means: bife
How do you pronounce "steak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "steak" is /steɪk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "steak" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list