apócope
/a.ˈpɔ.ko.pi/
The verdict
“apócope” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - supressão de um ou mais fonemas do final de uma palavra (por exemplo, de cine por cinema; de bel por belo); ocorre também deliberadamente no meio poético (por exemplo, de mármor por mármore)
Corpus desk
Index PT-apocope · apócope · Portuguese
apócope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | apócope |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.ˈpɔ.ko.pi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apócope” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apócope is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.ˈpɔ.ko.pi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apócope, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is apócope, spelled A-P-Ó-C-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1supressão de um ou mais fonemas do final de uma palavra (por exemplo, de cine por cinema; de bel por belo); ocorre também deliberadamente no meio poético (por exemplo, de mármor por mármore)
- 2remoção de membro ou segmento de membro através de cirurgia; amputação
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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.