apócope
/a.ˈpɔ.ko.pi/
The verdict
“apócope” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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)
| 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) |
Where “apócope” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for apócope is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ˈpɔ.ko.pi/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “apócope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-Ó-C-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.ˈpɔ.ko.pi/ (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
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.