arteriosclerose
/ɐɾ.tɛ.ɾjɔʃ.klɨ.ˈɾɔ.zɨ/
The verdict
“arteriosclerose” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,333 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,333
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - endurecimento, estreitamento ou perda de elasticidade nas artérias ou nas veias
Corpus desk
Index PT-arteriosclerose · arteriosclerose · Portuguese
arteriosclerose · rank #79,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,333
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH Auster
Nearest frequency peer: Auster (+13 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 “arteriosclerose”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- alfabético
alfabético
20,702 corpus weight
- almighty
almighty
20,697 corpus weight
- almôndega
almôndega
20,695 corpus weight
- anchova
anchova
20,684 corpus weight
- arterioscle…
arteriosclerose
20,668 corpus weight
- Auster
Auster
20,655 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arteriosclerose” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arteriosclerose |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.tɛ.ɾjɔʃ.klɨ.ˈɾɔ.zɨ/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #79,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arteriosclerose” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arteriosclerose is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,333 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐɾ.tɛ.ɾjɔʃ.klɨ.ˈɾɔ.zɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "endurecimento, estreitamento ou perda de elasticidade nas artérias ou nas veias".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arteriosclerose, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is arteriosclerose, spelled A-R-T-E-R-I-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1endurecimento, estreitamento ou perda de elasticidade nas artérias ou nas veias
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how arteriosclerose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“A gente já tem estudos aqui dentro do grupo de pesquisa para a utilização dessas células para regeneração de retina, para arteriosclerose, doenças cardíacas, regeneração óssea, de cartilagem, e implantes dentários.”
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); 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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