vehicle
/ˈviː.ə.kl̩̩̩̩/, /ˈviː.ɪ.kl̩/, /'viː.ɪ.kəl/
The verdict
“vehicle” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,149 among 1,073 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,149
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,073
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - veículo, meio de transporte:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vehicle |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈviː.ə.kl̩̩̩̩/, /ˈviː.ɪ.kl̩/, /'viː.ɪ.kəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vehicle” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vehicle is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,149 among 1,073 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈviː.ə.kl̩̩̩̩/, /ˈviː.ɪ.kl̩/, /'viː.ɪ.kəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
vehicle has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is vehicle, spelled V-E-H-I-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1veículo, meio de transporte:
- 2meio de atingir, produzir ou expressar algo
- 3obra que serve para demonstrar as qualidades e habilidades de um artista:
- 4veículo, solução usada para dissolver o princípio ativo de um medicamento
- 5veículo, agente de transmissão ou propagação de alguma doença
- 6animal ou planta na qual uma divindade hindu monta
Synonyms
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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Using “vehicle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-E-H-I-C-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈviː.ə.kl̩̩̩̩/, /ˈviː.ɪ.kl̩/, /'viː.ɪ.kəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.