acéfalo
/ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/
The verdict
“acéfalo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #80,080 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #80,080
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não possui cabeça
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acéfalo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acéfalo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for acéfalo is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/. Corpus data places it at rank #80,080 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for acéfalo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is acéfalo, spelled A-C-É-F-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1que não possui cabeça
- 2que não possui estrutura análoga à cabeça (diz-se, por exemplo, de animais em sua fase larval)
- 3que não possui liderança ou cuja liderança é insuficiente
- 4desprovido de inteligência
- 5diz-se do primeiro compasso que se inicia com pausa, porém com todos os tempos explícitos Não confundir com anacruse.
- 6cuja primeira sílaba é ausente, ou que inicia com sílaba breve
- 7bivalve
- 8diz-se daquele que, no Concílio de Éfeso, não prestou apoio a São Cirilo nem a São João de Antioquia
Synonyms
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 “acéfalo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-É-F-A-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.