sustenido
/suʃ.tɨ.ˈni.du/
The verdict
“sustenido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,371 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,371
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinal (♯) indicativo de elevamento de meio tom na nota musical
Corpus desk
Index PT-sustenido · sustenido · Portuguese
sustenido · rank #71,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,371
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH subterfúgio
Nearest frequency peer: subterfúgio (-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 “sustenido”
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 “sustenido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sustenido |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /suʃ.tɨ.ˈni.du/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sustenido” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sustenido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,371 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /suʃ.tɨ.ˈni.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sinal (♯) indicativo de elevamento de meio tom na nota musical".
sustenido has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 sustenido, spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1sinal (♯) indicativo de elevamento de meio tom na nota musical
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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