urbs

noun

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The verdict

“urbs” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,888 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,888
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-urbs · urbs · Portuguese

urbs · rank #65,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,888
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH usura

Nearest frequency peer: usura (+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 “urbs”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for urbs
PropertyValue
Headwordurbs
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “urbs” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “usura” (#65,890), “vadiagem” (#65,891), “valise” (#65,892). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “urbs” fica em #65,888. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urbs is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,888 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for urbs in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is urbs, spelled U-R-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    cidade
  2. 2
    Roma
  3. 3
    pátria

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Urbis libertas est vita carior

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 "urbs"?
"urbs" is spelled U-R-B-S.
What does "urbs" mean?
As a noun, "urbs" means: cidade
What language does "urbs" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

íbis#65,929amma#65,957baio#65,989chas#66,048

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list