araçá
The verdict
“araçá” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,962 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,962
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do boi malhado
Corpus desk
Index PT-araca · araçá · Portuguese
araçá · rank #72,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,962
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amargar
Nearest frequency peer: amargar (-22 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “araçá”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- acólito
acólito
27,084 corpus weight
- almejado
almejado
27,063 corpus weight
- amargar
amargar
27,061 corpus weight
- araçá
araçá
27,039 corpus weight
- bestialidade
bestialidade
27,003 corpus weight
- biqueira
biqueira
26,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “araçá” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “araçá” em português
Rare enough to double-check
araçá is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,962 among 1,900 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how araçá appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nota: quando as listas são de vermelho intenso sobre fundo mais claro a pelagem recebe o nome de tigrada; se a pelagem é de vermelho médio ou escuro com listras de pelos negros, a denominação correta é brasino.
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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