transístor
/tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/
The verdict
“transístor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,400 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,400
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dispositivo (componente) eletrónico semicondutor equivalente a uma válvula termoiónica do tipo tríodo inventado em 1948
Corpus desk
Index PT-transistor · transístor · Portuguese
transístor · rank #92,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,400
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tramp
Nearest frequency peer: tramp (-4 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 “transístor”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tenant
tenant
7,622 corpus weight
- tramp
tramp
7,605 corpus weight
- transístor
transístor
7,601 corpus weight
- trombar
trombar
7,597 corpus weight
- trombonista
trombonista
7,596 corpus weight
- Turbine
Turbine
7,592 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “transístor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transístor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “transístor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
transístor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,400 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɾɐ̃.ˈziʃ.tɔɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dispositivo (componente) eletrónico semicondutor equivalente a uma válvula termoiónica do tipo tríodo inventado em 1948".
No generated misspelling entries exist for transístor in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is transístor, spelled T-R-A-N-S-Í-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1dispositivo (componente) eletrónico semicondutor equivalente a uma válvula termoiónica do tipo tríodo inventado em 1948
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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