vor
/foːɐ̯/
The verdict
“vor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,206 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,206
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - antes
Corpus desk
Index PT-vor · vor · Portuguese
vor · rank #65,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,206
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vário
Nearest frequency peer: vário (+3 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 “vor”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tro
tro
34,822 corpus weight
- vergonhosam…
vergonhosamente
34,809 corpus weight
- vor
vor
34,795 corpus weight
- vário
vário
34,792 corpus weight
- êmbolo
êmbolo
34,782 corpus weight
- abrasivo
abrasivo
34,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /foːɐ̯/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,206 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /foːɐ̯/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "antes".
vor has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is vor, spelled V-O-R.
Definition
- 1antes
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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