weak
/wiːk/, enPR: wēk
The verdict
“weak” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,675 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,675
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fraco; frágil
Corpus desk
Index PT-weak · weak · Portuguese
weak · rank #57,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,675
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH warlock
Nearest frequency peer: warlock (-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 “weak”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- viseira
viseira
42,336 corpus weight
- vivenda
vivenda
42,335 corpus weight
- warlock
warlock
42,328 corpus weight
- weak
weak
42,326 corpus weight
- Yukon
Yukon
42,320 corpus weight
- Étienne
Étienne
42,318 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “weak” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weak |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /wiːk/, enPR: wēk |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “weak” em português
Rare enough to double-check
weak is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,675 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /wiːk/, enPR: wēk. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fraco; frágil".
weak doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 weak, spelled W-E-A-K.
Definition
- 1fraco; frágil
Antonyms
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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