abacaxi

//a.ba.ka.ˈʃi// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,487

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

abacaxi is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fruta originária da América tropical, comestível, de polpa açucarada, proveniente do abacaxizeiro Pronounced /a.ba.ka.ˈʃi/. Often confused with abacate.

Key facts for abacaxi
PropertyValue
Headwordabacaxi
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.ba.ka.ˈʃi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,487
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abacaxi in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for abacaxi is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ba.ka.ˈʃi/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,487 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for abacaxi, with forms such as "aabcaxi", "abaacxi", and "abacaix". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "abacate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is abacaxi, spelled A-B-A-C-A-X-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruta originária da América tropical, comestível, de polpa açucarada, proveniente do abacaxizeiro
  2. 2
    situação ou coisa problemática
  3. 3
    pessoa ou coisa maçante, complicada ou desagradável
  4. 4
    matéria desinteressante, mas de publicação inevitável
  5. 5
    dançarino desajeitado
  6. 6
    lusitano

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aabcaxi,abaacxi,abacaix,abacaxxi,abaccaxi,abacxai,abbacaxi,abcaaxi,baacaxi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abacaxi

Misspelling Variants of "abacaxi"

aabcaxi7abaacxi7abacaix7abacaxxi8abaccaxi8abacxai7abbacaxi8abcaaxi7
Misspelling Variants of "abacaxi"

Frequency rank: #15,487 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abacaxi"?
"abacaxi" is spelled A-B-A-C-A-X-I. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ba.ka.ˈʃi/.
What does "abacaxi" mean?
As a noun, "abacaxi" means: fruta originária da América tropical, comestível, de polpa açucarada, proveniente do abacaxizeiro
What words are commonly confused with "abacaxi"?
"abacaxi" is commonly confused with "abacate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abacaxi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abacaxi" is /a.ba.ka.ˈʃi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abacaxi" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.