ábaco
/ˈa.bɐ.ku/
The verdict
“ábaco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,853 among 25 “Á” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,853
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 25
- “Á” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte superior do capitel de uma coluna, com finalidade de criar apoio para arco ou arquitrave
Corpus desk
Index PT-abaco · ábaco · Portuguese
ábaco · rank #67,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,853
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 25
- PHOTO-FINISH yogurt
Nearest frequency peer: yogurt (-7 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 “ábaco”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vague
vague
32,173 corpus weight
- yogurt
yogurt
32,155 corpus weight
- ábaco
ábaco
32,148 corpus weight
- adaptation
adaptation
32,131 corpus weight
- aimará
aimará
32,120 corpus weight
- alabastro
alabastro
32,119 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ábaco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ábaco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ábaco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,853 among 25 “Á” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈa.bɐ.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Synonyms
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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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