technique

\tɛk.nik\

/\tɛk.nik\/ adj

The verdict

“technique” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,358 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,358
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-technique · technique · Portuguese

technique · rank #78,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,358
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH taciturno

Nearest frequency peer: taciturno (-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 “technique”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for technique
PropertyValue
Headwordtechnique
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɛk.nik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,358
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “technique” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).techniquecai 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: “taciturno” (#78,352), “swamp” (#78,350), “tinhoso” (#78,367). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “technique” fica em #78,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

technique is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,358 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tɛk.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "técnico".

technique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is technique, spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    técnico

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 "technique"?
"technique" is spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛk.nik\.
What does "technique" mean?
As an adjective, "technique" means: técnico
How do you pronounce "technique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "technique" is \tɛk.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "technique", 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