Tanzania

noun

The verdict

“Tanzania” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,865 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,865
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-tanzania · Tanzania · Portuguese

Tanzania · rank #63,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,865
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tamboril

Nearest frequency peer: tamboril (-2 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 “Tanzania”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tanzania
PropertyValue
HeadwordTanzania
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Tanzania” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Tanzaniacai 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: “tamboril” (#63,863), “Sudene” (#63,859), “trabalheira” (#63,878). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “Tanzania” fica em #63,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tanzania is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,865 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tanzânia".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tanzania, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Tanzania, spelled T-A-N-Z-A-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tanzânia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. El laco Tanganica ye rodiato por cuatro países: Burundi, a Republica Democratica d'o Congo, Tanzania y Zambia.

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 "Tanzania"?
"Tanzania" is spelled T-A-N-Z-A-N-I-A.
What does "Tanzania" mean?
As a noun, "Tanzania" means: Tanzânia
What language does "Tanzania" come from?
"Tanzania" 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 "Tanzania", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list