xaile
/ˈʃaj.lɨ/
The verdict
“xaile” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,357 among 27 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,357
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 27
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grafia alternativa de xale
Corpus desk
Index PT-xaile · xaile · Portuguese
xaile · rank #95,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,357
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 27
- PHOTO-FINISH whore
Nearest frequency peer: whore (-5 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 “xaile”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vika
vika
4,664 corpus weight
- wanderer
wanderer
4,653 corpus weight
- whore
whore
4,649 corpus weight
- xaile
xaile
4,644 corpus weight
- acastanhado
acastanhado
4,623 corpus weight
- acupunctura
acupunctura
4,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “xaile” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xaile |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃaj.lɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “xaile” em português
Rare enough to double-check
xaile is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,357 among 27 “X” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃaj.lɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grafia alternativa de xale".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for xaile, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is xaile, spelled X-A-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1grafia alternativa de xale
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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