villain
/vɪlən/
The verdict
“villain” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,073 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,073
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vilão
Corpus desk
Index PT-villain · villain · Portuguese
villain · rank #86,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,073
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vozeirão
Nearest frequency peer: vozeirão (+2 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 “villain”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- 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
- ânfora
ânfora
13,903 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “villain” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | villain |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɪlən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “villain” em português
Rare enough to double-check
villain is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,073 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɪlən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vilão".
Zero misspellings are on record for villain in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is villain, spelled V-I-L-L-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1vilão
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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