acéfalo

/ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/

//ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu// adj

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The verdict

“acéfalo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,080 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,080
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não possui cabeça

Corpus desk

Index PT-acefalo · acéfalo · Portuguese

acéfalo · rank #80,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,080
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aditamento

Nearest frequency peer: aditamento (+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 “acéfalo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “acéfalo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acéfalo
PropertyValue
Headwordacéfalo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “acéfalo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.acéfalocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “aditamento” (#80,084), “aduana” (#80,088), “aeroportuário” (#80,089). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acéfalo” fica em #80,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acéfalo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,080 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    que não possui cabeça
  2. 2
    que não possui estrutura análoga à cabeça (diz-se, por exemplo, de animais em sua fase larval)
  3. 3
    que não possui liderança ou cuja liderança é insuficiente
  4. 4
    desprovido de inteligência
  5. 5
    diz-se do primeiro compasso que se inicia com pausa, porém com todos os tempos explícitos Não confundir com anacruse.
  6. 6
    cuja primeira sílaba é ausente, ou que inicia com sílaba breve
  7. 7
    bivalve
  8. 8
    diz-se daquele que, no Concílio de Éfeso, não prestou apoio a São Cirilo nem a São João de Antioquia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how acéfalo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Igreja acéfala

Synonyms

desencabeçado

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acéfalo"?
"acéfalo" is spelled A-C-É-F-A-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/.
What does "acéfalo" mean?
As an adjective, "acéfalo" means: que não possui cabeça
How do you pronounce "acéfalo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acéfalo" is /ɐ.ˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acéfalo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "acéfalo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list