abscesso
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
- abano
abano
40,493 corpus weight
- abscesso
abscesso
40,487 corpus weight
- acumulador
acumulador
40,483 corpus weight
- aglutinação
aglutinação
40,480 corpus weight
- alambique
alambique
40,478 corpus weight
- amaldiçoar
amaldiçoar
40,470 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “abscesso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abscesso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “abscesso” em português
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
- 1inchação produzida pela acumulação de pus devido a uma inflamação
- 2o mesmo que abcesso, apostema, intumescência
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abscesso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"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.
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