acanhado
/ɐ.kɐ.ˈɲa.du/
The verdict
“acanhado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,936 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,936
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tímido
Corpus desk
Index PT-acanhado · acanhado · Portuguese
acanhado · rank #65,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,936
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH acalorado
Nearest frequency peer: acalorado (-1 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 “acanhado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- íbis
íbis
34,072 corpus weight
- abeto
abeto
34,068 corpus weight
- acalorado
acalorado
34,066 corpus weight
- acanhado
acanhado
34,065 corpus weight
- acuado
acuado
34,062 corpus weight
- agave
agave
34,054 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “acanhado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acanhado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.kɐ.ˈɲa.du/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “acanhado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
acanhado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,936 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.kɐ.ˈɲa.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for acanhado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is acanhado, spelled A-C-A-N-H-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1tímido
- 2retraído
- 3sem desembaraço
- 4envergonhado
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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