adunco

/a.ˈdũ.ku/

//a.ˈdũ.ku// adj

The verdict

“adunco” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - em forma de gancho, recurvado

Corpus desk

Index PT-adunco · adunco · Portuguese

adunco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for adunco
PropertyValue
Headwordadunco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/a.ˈdũ.ku/
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “adunco” sits in Portuguese frequency

adunco falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adunco is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /a.ˈdũ.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "em forma de gancho, recurvado".

Zero misspellings are on record for adunco in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 adunco, spelled A-D-U-N-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    em forma de gancho, recurvado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Moedas cunhadas com a efígie de Cleópatra, mostram uma mulher gordinha e de nariz longo e adunco.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adunco"?
"adunco" is spelled A-D-U-N-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ˈdũ.ku/.
What does "adunco" mean?
As an adjective, "adunco" means: em forma de gancho, recurvado
How do you pronounce "adunco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adunco" is /a.ˈdũ.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adunco" come from?
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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