useful
/ˈjuːsfəl/
The verdict
“useful” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,545 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,545
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - útil; que tem boa utilidade
Corpus desk
Index PT-useful · useful · Portuguese
useful · rank #66,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,545
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH untar
Nearest frequency peer: untar (-1 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 “useful”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- sépia
sépia
33,486 corpus weight
- transcontin…
transcontinental
33,466 corpus weight
- untar
untar
33,457 corpus weight
- useful
useful
33,456 corpus weight
- verossímil
verossímil
33,451 corpus weight
- Zanzibar
Zanzibar
33,438 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “useful” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | useful |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈjuːsfəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “useful” em português
Rare enough to double-check
useful is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,545 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈjuːsfəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "útil; que tem boa utilidade".
Zero misspellings are on record for useful in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is useful, spelled U-S-E-F-U-L.
Definition
- 1útil; que tem boa utilidade
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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