visage

/viˈza.ʒi/

//viˈza.ʒi// noun

The verdict

“visage” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,815 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,815
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nas regiões Sul, Norte e Nordeste e do Brasil, assombração que surge de modo repentino e assustador

Corpus desk

Index PT-visage · visage · Portuguese

visage · rank #87,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,815
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vertido

Nearest frequency peer: vertido (-7 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 “visage”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “visage” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for visage
PropertyValue
Headwordvisage
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/viˈza.ʒi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “visage” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.visagecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “vertido” (#87,808), “urro” (#87,800), “unum” (#87,798). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “visage” fica em #87,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

visage is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,815 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /viˈza.ʒi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nas regiões Sul, Norte e Nordeste e do Brasil, assombração que surge de modo repentino e assustador".

Zero misspellings are on record for visage in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is visage, spelled V-I-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    nas regiões Sul, Norte e Nordeste e do Brasil, assombração que surge de modo repentino e assustador

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how visage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Visage" aparece em ponte e chama atenção na internet. Visage ou não, as cenas foram captadas na ponte do final da Rua Princesa Isabel, em Santana.
  2. Eu canto o cabôco com suas caçada, / Nas noite assombrada que tudo apavora, / Por dentro da mata, com tanta corage / Topando as visage chamada caipora.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "visage"?
"visage" is spelled V-I-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /viˈza.ʒi/.
What does "visage" mean?
As a noun, "visage" means: nas regiões Sul, Norte e Nordeste e do Brasil, assombração que surge de modo repentino e assustador
How do you pronounce "visage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "visage" is /viˈza.ʒi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "visage" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "visage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list