vex
/vɛks/
The verdict
“vex” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,347 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,347
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vexar, causar vergonha
Corpus desk
Index PT-vex · vex · Portuguese
vex · rank #84,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,347
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vessel
Nearest frequency peer: vessel (-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 “vex”
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 “vex” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vex |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vɛks/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #84,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vex” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vex is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,347 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /vɛks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vexar, causar vergonha".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vex, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is vex, spelled V-E-X.
Definition
- 1vexar, causar vergonha
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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