suffering

noun

The verdict

“suffering” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,916 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,916
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-suffering · suffering · Portuguese

suffering · rank #69,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,916
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH suplicar

Nearest frequency peer: suplicar (+3 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 “suffering”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suffering
PropertyValue
Headwordsuffering
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,916
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “suffering” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “suplicar” (#69,919), “sprout” (#69,909), “taki” (#69,924). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “suffering” fica em #69,916. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suffering is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,916 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sofrimento".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suffering, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is suffering, spelled S-U-F-F-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    sofrimento

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how suffering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. These walls are bricked with suffering.

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 "suffering"?
"suffering" is spelled S-U-F-F-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "suffering" mean?
As a noun, "suffering" means: sofrimento
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list