ascese

/ɐʃ.ˈsɛ.zɨ/

//ɐʃ.ˈsɛ.zɨ// noun

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The verdict

“ascese” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,427 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,427
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prática de devoção e meditação religiosa

Corpus desk

Index PT-ascese · ascese · Portuguese

ascese · rank #96,427 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,427
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrematar

Nearest frequency peer: arrematar (-3 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 “ascese”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ascese” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ascese
PropertyValue
Headwordascese
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐʃ.ˈsɛ.zɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,427
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ascese” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ascesecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “arrematar” (#96,424), “arquitetural” (#96,418), “arguição” (#96,415). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “ascese” fica em #96,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ascese is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,427 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐʃ.ˈsɛ.zɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "prática de devoção e meditação religiosa".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ascese, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ascese, spelled A-S-C-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    prática de devoção e meditação religiosa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ascese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Em sua depuração visual mais completa – a câmera baixa, a distância respeitosa dos personagens, etc–, aponta mais para um caminho de ascese que de descrença.

This word in other languages

asceticism(English)ascetismo(Español)ascèse(Français)Askese(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ascese"?
"ascese" is spelled A-S-C-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐʃ.ˈsɛ.zɨ/.
What does "ascese" mean?
As a noun, "ascese" means: prática de devoção e meditação religiosa
How do you pronounce "ascese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ascese" is /ɐʃ.ˈsɛ.zɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ascese" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ascese", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brique#96,479abricó#96,360Moyses#96,977móbile#96,990

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list