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Syllable Frequency: Portuguese (Português)
On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the Portuguese language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency tables was a Portuguese text with 2.062.312 characters (356.214 words), which was a good mix of different literary genres.
The lists may only be used together with the publishing of the internet adress stefantrost.de and the prior consent of Stefan Trost (contact).
Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)
In these two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in Portuguese. From the original text 657.906 two-party syllables were extracted, in the table only two-party syllables with a probability of at least 0.75% eere shown. The left list is sorted according to the syllables, the right to the frequencies. Accordingly, the digrams RA, EN and DE are the most common syllables of the Portuguese language.
| Syllable | Frequency |
| AD | 1,01% |
| AL | 0,86% |
| AM | 0,83% |
| AN | 1,01% |
| AR | 1,92% |
| AS | 1,51% |
| CA | 0,77% |
| CO | 1,46% |
| DA | 1,01% |
| DE | 1,97% |
| DO | 1,57% |
| EL | 1,20% |
| EM | 1,10% |
| EN | 1,97% |
| ER | 1,91% |
| ES | 1,91% |
| IN | 0,94% |
| LE | 0,78% |
| MA | 1,26% |
| ME | 1,22% |
| NT | 1,86% |
| OM | 0,82% |
| OR | 1,16% |
| OS | 1,55% |
| PA | 1,20% |
| PO | 0,89% |
| QU | 1,41% |
| RA | 2,10% |
| RE | 1,31% |
| RI | 0,83% |
| SA | 0,79% |
| SE | 1,40% |
| ST | 0,93% |
| TA | 1,27% |
| TE | 1,82% |
| TI | 0,75% |
| TO | 1,25% |
| UE | 1,10% |
| UM | 0,87% |
| VE | 0,85% |
| ÃO | 1,01% |
| Syllable | Frequency |
| RA | 2,10% |
| EN | 1,97% |
| DE | 1,97% |
| AR | 1,92% |
| ES | 1,91% |
| ER | 1,91% |
| NT | 1,86% |
| TE | 1,82% |
| DO | 1,57% |
| OS | 1,55% |
| AS | 1,51% |
| CO | 1,46% |
| QU | 1,41% |
| SE | 1,40% |
| RE | 1,31% |
| TA | 1,27% |
| MA | 1,26% |
| TO | 1,25% |
| ME | 1,22% |
| PA | 1,20% |
| EL | 1,20% |
| OR | 1,16% |
| UE | 1,10% |
| EM | 1,10% |
| DA | 1,01% |
| ÃO | 1,01% |
| AN | 1,01% |
| AD | 1,01% |
| IN | 0,94% |
| ST | 0,93% |
| PO | 0,89% |
| UM | 0,87% |
| AL | 0,86% |
| VE | 0,85% |
| RI | 0,83% |
| AM | 0,83% |
| OM | 0,82% |
| SA | 0,79% |
| LE | 0,78% |
| CA | 0,77% |
| TI | 0,75% |
Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)
In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the Portuguese language. From the original text 202.779 three-party syllables were extracted. In the table, only syllables with a probabilty of at least 0.30% were published. The left list is sorted according to the syllables, the right to the frequencies. Thus the syllables ENT, QUE and NTE are the most common syllables of the Portuguese language.
| Syllable | Frequency |
| ADA | 0,33% |
| ADO | 0,71% |
| AME | 0,37% |
| AND | 0,32% |
| ANT | 0,45% |
| ARA | 0,90% |
| COM | 0,87% |
| CON | 0,42% |
| DOS | 0,32% |
| ELA | 0,34% |
| ELE | 0,68% |
| ENT | 1,54% |
| ERA | 0,47% |
| ERI | 0,32% |
| EST | 0,73% |
| IDA | 0,30% |
| INH | 0,36% |
| ITO | 0,31% |
| MAS | 0,35% |
| MEN | 0,89% |
| NDO | 0,30% |
| NHA | 0,38% |
| NTE | 1,28% |
| NTO | 0,45% |
| NÃO | 0,52% |
| OCÊ | 0,44% |
| PAR | 1,13% |
| PER | 0,35% |
| POR | 0,36% |
| QUA | 0,31% |
| QUE | 1,41% |
| RES | 0,32% |
| RIA | 0,39% |
| SEU | 0,38% |
| STA | 0,45% |
| TOS | 0,34% |
| UMA | 0,47% |
| VER | 0,40% |
| VOC | 0,45% |
| Syllable | Frequency |
| ENT | 1,54% |
| QUE | 1,41% |
| NTE | 1,28% |
| PAR | 1,13% |
| ARA | 0,90% |
| MEN | 0,89% |
| COM | 0,87% |
| EST | 0,73% |
| ADO | 0,71% |
| ELE | 0,68% |
| NÃO | 0,52% |
| UMA | 0,47% |
| ERA | 0,47% |
| VOC | 0,45% |
| STA | 0,45% |
| NTO | 0,45% |
| ANT | 0,45% |
| OCÊ | 0,44% |
| CON | 0,42% |
| VER | 0,40% |
| RIA | 0,39% |
| SEU | 0,38% |
| NHA | 0,38% |
| AME | 0,37% |
| POR | 0,36% |
| INH | 0,36% |
| PER | 0,35% |
| MAS | 0,35% |
| TOS | 0,34% |
| ELA | 0,34% |
| ADA | 0,33% |
| RES | 0,32% |
| ERI | 0,32% |
| DOS | 0,32% |
| AND | 0,32% |
| QUA | 0,31% |
| ITO | 0,31% |
| NDO | 0,30% |
| IDA | 0,30% |
Usage Note
The lists may only be used together with the publishing of the internet adress stefantrost.de and the prior consent of Stefan Trost (contact). If you need additional lists, for example in a different sorting or on the basis of another source, we can provide this list for only five euros. Simply write to us.