subsistir
/sub.siʃ.ˈtiɾ/
The verdict
“subsistir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,801 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,801
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - continuar a existir;
Corpus desk
Index PT-subsistir · subsistir · Portuguese
subsistir · rank #72,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,801
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH subtraído
Nearest frequency peer: subtraído (+1 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 “subsistir”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- sucker
sucker
27,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “subsistir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subsistir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /sub.siʃ.ˈtiɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “subsistir” em português
Rare enough to double-check
subsistir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,801 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /sub.siʃ.ˈtiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for subsistir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is subsistir, spelled S-U-B-S-I-S-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1continuar a existir;
- 2conservar-se, manter-se vivo ou em vigor.
This word in other languages
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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