Zambia
/ˈzæmbɪə/
The verdict
“Zambia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,443 among 42 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,443
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 42
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zâmbia
Corpus desk
Index PT-zambia · Zambia · Portuguese
Zambia · rank #71,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,443
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 42
- PHOTO-FINISH walnut
Nearest frequency peer: walnut (-9 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 “Zambia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- ventilar
ventilar
28,577 corpus weight
- wafer
wafer
28,568 corpus weight
- walnut
walnut
28,567 corpus weight
- Zambia
Zambia
28,558 corpus weight
- Adolph
Adolph
28,539 corpus weight
- agouro
agouro
28,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Zambia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zambia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzæmbɪə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Zambia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Zambia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,443 among 42 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈzæmbɪə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zâmbia".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Zambia, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is Zambia, spelled Z-A-M-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1Zâmbia
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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