acupunctura

/ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/

//ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ// noun

The verdict

“acupunctura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,385 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,385
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ramo da medicina originário da China que tem como base a aplicação de agulhas em pontos determinados dos chamados meridianos, lugares de condução energética, tratando de equilibrar o chi e trazer a...

Key facts for acupunctura
PropertyValue
Headwordacupunctura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acupunctura” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). acupunctura lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acupunctura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,385 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ramo da medicina originário da China que tem como base a aplicação de agulhas em pontos determinados dos chamados meridianos, lugares de condução energética, tratando de equilibrar o chi e trazer a...".

acupunctura doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is acupunctura, spelled A-C-U-P-U-N-C-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ramo da medicina originário da China que tem como base a aplicação de agulhas em pontos determinados dos chamados meridianos, lugares de condução energética, tratando de equilibrar o chi e trazer a sanidade

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acupunctura"?
"acupunctura" is spelled A-C-U-P-U-N-C-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/.
What does "acupunctura" mean?
As a noun, "acupunctura" means: ramo da medicina originário da China que tem como base a aplicação de agulhas em pontos determinados dos chamados meridianos, lugares de condução energética, tratando de equilibrar o chi e trazer a...
How do you pronounce "acupunctura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acupunctura" is /ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acupunctura" come from?
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Using “acupunctura”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-U-P-U-N-C-T-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ɐ.ku.pũˈk.tu.ɾɐ/ (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list