avocado
/ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/.
The verdict
“avocado” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cor de abacate
Corpus desk
Index PT-avocado · avocado · Portuguese
avocado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | avocado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/. |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “avocado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
avocado is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cor de abacate".
No generated misspelling entries exist for avocado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is avocado, spelled A-V-O-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1cor de abacate
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.