adunco
/a.ˈdũ.ku/
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adunco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a.ˈdũ.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adunco” sits in Portuguese frequency
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
- 1em forma de gancho, recurvado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adunco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moedas cunhadas com a efígie de Cleópatra, mostram uma mulher gordinha e de nariz longo e adunco.
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