successful
/səkˈsɛsfl̩/
The verdict
“successful” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,507 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,507
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bem-sucedido
Corpus desk
Index PT-successful · successful · Portuguese
successful · rank #64,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,507
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sudden
Nearest frequency peer: sudden (+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 “successful”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- soluçar
soluçar
35,502 corpus weight
- solário
solário
35,501 corpus weight
- spend
spend
35,498 corpus weight
- successful
successful
35,494 corpus weight
- sudden
sudden
35,493 corpus weight
- Swahili
Swahili
35,487 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “successful” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | successful |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /səkˈsɛsfl̩/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “successful” em português
Rare enough to double-check
successful is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,507 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /səkˈsɛsfl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bem-sucedido".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for successful, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is successful, spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1bem-sucedido
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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