arção
/ar.'soŋ/ ou /ar.θoŋ/
The verdict
“arção” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arção, parte da sela
Corpus desk
Index PT-arcao · arção · Portuguese
arção · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | arção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ar.'soŋ/ ou /ar.θoŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arção” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arção is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ar.'soŋ/ ou /ar.θoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arção, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is arção, spelled A-R-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1arção, parte da sela
- 2ferro ou fuste curvado que lhe dá firmeza à sela
- 3espinhaço da vaca
- 4terçol
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.