vessel
/ˈvɛs.əl/
The verdict
“vessel” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,346 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,346
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - barco, navio, embarcação
Corpus desk
Index PT-vessel · vessel · Portuguese
vessel · rank #84,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,346
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vex
Nearest frequency peer: vex (+1 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 “vessel”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vanádio
vanádio
15,662 corpus weight
- vedeta
vedeta
15,658 corpus weight
- vessel
vessel
15,655 corpus weight
- vex
vex
15,654 corpus weight
- vocalização
vocalização
15,650 corpus weight
- vocativo
vocativo
15,648 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vessel” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vessel |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɛs.əl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vessel” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vessel is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,346 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvɛs.əl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vessel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is vessel, spelled V-E-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1barco, navio, embarcação
- 2vasilha, vaso, reservatório, recipiente
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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