abscesso

noun

The verdict

“abscesso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,514 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,514
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inchação produzida pela acumulação de pus devido a uma inflamação

Corpus desk

Index PT-abscesso · abscesso · Portuguese

abscesso · rank #59,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,514
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH acumulador

Nearest frequency peer: acumulador (+4 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 “abscesso”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

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What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “abscesso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abscesso
PropertyValue
Headwordabscesso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,514
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “abscesso” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).abscessocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “acumulador” (#59,518), “abano” (#59,508), “aglutinação” (#59,521). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “abscesso” fica em #59,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abscesso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,514 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abscesso, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is abscesso, spelled A-B-S-C-E-S-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    inchação produzida pela acumulação de pus devido a uma inflamação
  2. 2
    o mesmo que abcesso, apostema, intumescência

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how abscesso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Crescia o inchamento do pano. Intumescia-se cada vez mais. Era um abscesso prestes a abrir."

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abscesso"?
"abscesso" is spelled A-B-S-C-E-S-S-O.
What does "abscesso" mean?
As a noun, "abscesso" means: inchação produzida pela acumulação de pus devido a uma inflamação
What language does "abscesso" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abscesso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list