verossimilhança
Portuguese, noun/ˌvɛ.ɾo.si.miˈʎɐ̃.sɐ/
verossimilhança is spelled V-E-R-O-S-S-I-M-I-L-H-A-N-Ç-A (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verossimilhança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “likelihood, probability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de ser verossímil”.
What does verossimilhança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelikelihood, probability
- 2
feminineverisimilitude
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de ser verossímil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verossimilhança
- verossimilhanças plural
- verissimilhança alternative
- verosimilhança alternative Portugal
- verisimilhança alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verossimilhança?
- Brazil /ˌvɛ.ɾo.si.miˈʎɐ̃.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verossimilhança
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verossimilhança in Portuguese?
verossimilhança appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).