Vanuatu
/va.nu.a.ˈtu/, /vã.nu.a.ˈtu/
The verdict
“Vanuatu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,080 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,080
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - país da Melanésia, ocupa o arquipélago das Novas Hébridas, próximo à Austrália; sua capital é Port Villa
Corpus desk
Index PT-vanuatu · Vanuatu · Portuguese
Vanuatu · rank #60,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,080
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH valo
Nearest frequency peer: valo (-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 “Vanuatu”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tuning
tuning
39,935 corpus weight
- tónico
tónico
39,933 corpus weight
- valo
valo
39,923 corpus weight
- Vanuatu
Vanuatu
39,921 corpus weight
- Waldomiro
Waldomiro
39,909 corpus weight
- ínfimo
ínfimo
39,898 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Vanuatu” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vanuatu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /va.nu.a.ˈtu/, /vã.nu.a.ˈtu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Vanuatu” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Vanuatu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,080 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /va.nu.a.ˈtu/, /vã.nu.a.ˈtu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "país da Melanésia, ocupa o arquipélago das Novas Hébridas, próximo à Austrália; sua capital é Port Villa".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Vanuatu in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Vanuatu, spelled V-A-N-U-A-T-U.
Definition
- 1país da Melanésia, ocupa o arquipélago das Novas Hébridas, próximo à Austrália; sua capital é Port Villa
This word in other languages
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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