araçá
The verdict
“araçá” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,962 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,962
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se do boi malhado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | araçá |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “araçá” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
araçá is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,962 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for araçá in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is araçá, spelled A-R-A-Ç-Á.
Definition
- 1diz-se do boi malhado
- 2diz-se da pelagem de animais (principalmente bovinos e cães) de fundo vermelho claro com rajas avermelhadas distribuídas irregularmente pelo corpo
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “araçá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-R-A-Ç-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.