threshold

noun

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The verdict

“threshold” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,864 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,864
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-threshold · threshold · Portuguese

threshold · rank #65,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,864
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH toponímia

Nearest frequency peer: toponímia (+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 “threshold”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for threshold
PropertyValue
Headwordthreshold
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “threshold” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “toponímia” (#65,870), “suscetibilidade” (#65,848), “têmpera” (#65,882). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “threshold” fica em #65,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

threshold is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,864 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

threshold has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is threshold, spelled T-H-R-E-S-H-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    patamar
  2. 2
    limiar
  3. 3
    limite
  4. 4
    marca, barreira

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. There is no evidence that there is no safe threshold for daily consumption of oestradiol-17β in part because of homeostatic control mechanisms. (Não há evidência de que não haja limite seguro para consumo diário de oestradion-17β em parte por causa dos mecanismos de controle homeostáticos)
  2. Our sales surpassed the 200-million-unit threshold in 2012, breaking the 200-million-unit threshold for first time ever.

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 "threshold"?
"threshold" is spelled T-H-R-E-S-H-O-L-D.
What does "threshold" mean?
As a noun, "threshold" means: patamar
What language does "threshold" come from?
"threshold" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

toponímia#65,870sombreado#65,823acalorado#65,935agiotagem#65,948

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list