ao acaso
The verdict
“ao acaso” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sem ponderação, sem reflexão; a esmo, inadvertidamente, irrefletidamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-ao-acaso · ao acaso · Portuguese
ao acaso · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ao acaso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ao acaso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ao acaso is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sem ponderação, sem reflexão; a esmo, inadvertidamente, irrefletidamente".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ao acaso in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ao acaso, spelled A-O- -A-C-A-S-O.
Definition
- 1sem ponderação, sem reflexão; a esmo, inadvertidamente, irrefletidamente
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ao acaso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Escalou o time ao acaso.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.