ábaco
/ˈa.bɐ.ku/
The verdict
“ábaco” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #67,853 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,853
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte superior do capitel de uma coluna, com finalidade de criar apoio para arco ou arquitrave
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ábaco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈa.bɐ.ku/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ábaco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ábaco is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈa.bɐ.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,853 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for ábaco in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ábaco, spelled Á-B-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1parte superior do capitel de uma coluna, com finalidade de criar apoio para arco ou arquitrave
- 2antigo instrumento usado para fazer contas, que consistia numa moldura retangular com arames ou pequenos pauzinhos nos quais corriam pequenas bolas; funcionava como uma calculadora manual, usado em operações aritméticas
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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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Using “ábaco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is Á-B-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈa.bɐ.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.