asceta
/aʃ.ˈsɛ.tɐ/
The verdict
“asceta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,433 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,433
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que se entrega a práticas espirituais, levando vida contemplativa com mortificação dos sentidos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asceta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /aʃ.ˈsɛ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asceta” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
asceta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,433 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /aʃ.ˈsɛ.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for asceta in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is asceta, spelled A-S-C-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa que se entrega a práticas espirituais, levando vida contemplativa com mortificação dos sentidos
- 2aquele que vive uma vida ascética, austera
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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Using “asceta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-S-C-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /aʃ.ˈsɛ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.