acácia
/ɐ.ˈka.sjɐ/
The verdict
“acácia” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,529 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,529
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome dado a várias espécies de árvores do género Acacia da família das leguminosas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acácia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈka.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acácia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for acácia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈka.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,529 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nome dado a várias espécies de árvores do género Acacia da família das leguminosas".
Zero misspellings are on record for acácia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is acácia, spelled A-C-Á-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1nome dado a várias espécies de árvores do género Acacia da família das leguminosas
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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Using “acácia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-Á-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.ˈka.sjɐ/ (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.