vehicle
/ˈviː.ə.kl̩̩̩̩/, /ˈviː.ɪ.kl̩/, /'viː.ɪ.kəl/
The verdict
“vehicle” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,149 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,149
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - veículo, meio de transporte:
Corpus desk
Index PT-vehicle · vehicle · Portuguese
vehicle · rank #72,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,149
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vagaroso
Nearest frequency peer: vagaroso (-4 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 “vehicle”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- undertaker
undertaker
27,865 corpus weight
- vagaroso
vagaroso
27,856 corpus weight
- vehicle
vehicle
27,852 corpus weight
- Virgo
Virgo
27,846 corpus weight
- vison
vison
27,844 corpus weight
- víveres
víveres
27,834 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vehicle” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vehicle” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vehicle is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,149 among 501 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vehicle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bicycles and wheelchairs are allowed; all other vehicles must stay off the path.
By showcasing the actor's talents, the vehicle is an attempt at creating a bankable star.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).