subterfúgio
/sub.tɨɾ.ˈfu.ʒju/
The verdict
“subterfúgio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,365 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,365
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desvio, desculpa
Corpus desk
Index PT-subterfugio · subterfúgio · Portuguese
subterfúgio · rank #71,365 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,365
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sustenido
Nearest frequency peer: sustenido (+6 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 “subterfúgio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- scope
scope
28,661 corpus weight
- sinapse
sinapse
28,652 corpus weight
- subterfúgio
subterfúgio
28,636 corpus weight
- sustenido
sustenido
28,630 corpus weight
- timber
timber
28,610 corpus weight
- tonal
tonal
28,608 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “subterfúgio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subterfúgio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sub.tɨɾ.ˈfu.ʒju/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “subterfúgio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
subterfúgio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,365 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sub.tɨɾ.ˈfu.ʒju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "desvio, desculpa".
subterfúgio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is subterfúgio, spelled S-U-B-T-E-R-F-Ú-G-I-O.
Definition
- 1desvio, desculpa
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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