venal
/vɨ.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“venal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,065 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,065
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se pode vender
Corpus desk
Index PT-venal · venal · Portuguese
venal · rank #86,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,065
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH villain
Nearest frequency peer: villain (+8 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 “venal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- trocentos
trocentos
13,956 corpus weight
- Ulster
Ulster
13,950 corpus weight
- usually
usually
13,947 corpus weight
- venal
venal
13,936 corpus weight
- villain
villain
13,928 corpus weight
- vozeirão
vozeirão
13,926 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “venal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | venal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vɨ.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “venal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
venal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,065 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vɨ.ˈnaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for venal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is venal, spelled V-E-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1que se pode vender
- 2aquele que se vende, corrupto
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how venal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas a pá de cal na validade do dossiê foi a sua lição aos operadores da "Operação Tabajara" e ao jornalismo venal ou irresponsável.
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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