temperança
/tẽ.pɨ.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
The verdict
“temperança” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,031 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,031
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma das virtudes universais, segundo o cristianismo; contrapõe-se ao pecado da gula
Corpus desk
Index PT-temperanca · temperança · Portuguese
temperança · rank #57,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,031
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tenhais
Nearest frequency peer: tenhais (+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 “temperança”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- spitz
spitz
42,980 corpus weight
- subalterno
subalterno
42,978 corpus weight
- sálvia
sálvia
42,974 corpus weight
- tacitamente
tacitamente
42,973 corpus weight
- temperança
temperança
42,970 corpus weight
- tenhais
tenhais
42,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “temperança” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | temperança |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tẽ.pɨ.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “temperança” em português
Rare enough to double-check
temperança is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,031 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tẽ.pɨ.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for temperança in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is temperança, spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1uma das virtudes universais, segundo o cristianismo; contrapõe-se ao pecado da gula
- 2chuva benfeitora
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how temperança appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O alcoolismo, no século 19, era visto como falta de uma virtude cardeal: a temperança.
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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