Switzerland

/ˈswɪtsələnd/

//ˈswɪtsələnd// noun

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The verdict

“Switzerland” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,887 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,887
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-switzerland · Switzerland · Portuguese

Switzerland · rank #51,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,887
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH supérfluo

Nearest frequency peer: supérfluo (-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 “Switzerland”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Switzerland
PropertyValue
HeadwordSwitzerland
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈswɪtsələnd/
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,887
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Switzerland” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).Switzerlandcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “supérfluo” (#51,884), “taxonomia” (#51,890), “sujidade” (#51,881). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “Switzerland” fica em #51,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Switzerland is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,887 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈswɪtsələnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suíça".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Switzerland in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Switzerland, spelled S-W-I-T-Z-E-R-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suíça

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In 1798, the armies of the French Revolution conquered Switzerland and imposed a new unified constitution.

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 "Switzerland"?
"Switzerland" is spelled S-W-I-T-Z-E-R-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈswɪtsələnd/.
What does "Switzerland" mean?
As a noun, "Switzerland" means: Suíça
How do you pronounce "Switzerland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Switzerland" is /ˈswɪtsələnd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Switzerland" come from?
"Switzerland" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list