varicela
/vɐ.ɾi.ˈsɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“varicela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,913 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,913
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - doença febril e infecto-contagiosa
Corpus desk
Index PT-varicela · varicela · Portuguese
varicela · rank #51,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,913
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH urologia
Nearest frequency peer: urologia (-3 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 “varicela”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Tessalonice…
Tessalonicenses
48,107 corpus weight
- traumatolog…
traumatologia
48,100 corpus weight
- tripulado
tripulado
48,099 corpus weight
- urologia
urologia
48,091 corpus weight
- varicela
varicela
48,088 corpus weight
- whose
whose
48,078 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “varicela” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | varicela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɐ.ɾi.ˈsɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “varicela” em português
Rare enough to double-check
varicela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,913 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɐ.ɾi.ˈsɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for varicela, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 varicela, spelled V-A-R-I-C-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1doença febril e infecto-contagiosa
- 2modalidade de varíola quase sempre benigna
Synonyms
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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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