acrescento

/ɐ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tu/

//ɐ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tu// verb

The verdict

“acrescento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,527 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,527
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo acrescentar

Corpus desk

Index PT-acrescento · acrescento · Portuguese

acrescento · rank #52,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,527
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH acrobacia

Nearest frequency peer: acrobacia (+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 “acrescento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acrescento
PropertyValue
Headwordacrescento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tu/
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,527
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “acrescento” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).acrescentocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “acrobacia” (#52,528), “absolver” (#52,525), “acácia” (#52,529). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acrescento” fica em #52,527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acrescento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,527 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo acrescentar".

No generated misspelling entries exist for acrescento in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is acrescento, spelled A-C-R-E-S-C-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo acrescentar

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 "acrescento"?
"acrescento" is spelled A-C-R-E-S-C-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tu/.
What does "acrescento" mean?
As a verb, "acrescento" means: primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo acrescentar
How do you pronounce "acrescento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acrescento" is /ɐ.kɾɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acrescento" come from?
"acrescento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list