urbs

noun

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The verdict

“urbs” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,888 among 345 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,888
frequency rank, Portuguese
345
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cidade

Key facts for urbs
PropertyValue
Headwordurbs
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “urbs” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). urbs lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urbs is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,888 among 345 “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

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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Using “urbs”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-R-B-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list