ácaro
/ˈa.kɐ.ɾu/
The verdict
“ácaro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,255 among 25 “Á” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,255
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 25
- “Á” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - animal da ordem de aracnídeos pequenos ou microscópicos, cujos abdomes e cefalotórax são intimamente unidos
Corpus desk
Index PT-acaro · ácaro · Portuguese
ácaro · rank #63,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,255
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 25
- PHOTO-FINISH verticalização
Nearest frequency peer: verticalização (-14 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 “ácaro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vadiar
vadiar
36,767 corpus weight
- varejão
varejão
36,764 corpus weight
- vert
vert
36,761 corpus weight
- verticaliza…
verticalização
36,760 corpus weight
- ácaro
ácaro
36,746 corpus weight
- adulterar
adulterar
36,726 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ácaro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ácaro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈa.kɐ.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ácaro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ácaro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,255 among 25 “Á” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈa.kɐ.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "animal da ordem de aracnídeos pequenos ou microscópicos, cujos abdomes e cefalotórax são intimamente unidos".
ácaro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ácaro, spelled Á-C-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1animal da ordem de aracnídeos pequenos ou microscópicos, cujos abdomes e cefalotórax são intimamente unidos
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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