babaçu
The verdict
“babaçu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,558 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,558
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palmeira da espécie Attalea speciosa, nativa do Brasil, especialmente da região da Mata dos Cocais, cujos frutos fornecem óleo, fibras e outros produtos
Corpus desk
Index PT-babacu · babaçu · Portuguese
babaçu · rank #59,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,558
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH aut
Nearest frequency peer: aut (-4 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 “babaçu”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- apavorar
apavorar
40,462 corpus weight
- artefacto
artefacto
40,457 corpus weight
- asfixiar
asfixiar
40,456 corpus weight
- auspicioso
auspicioso
40,448 corpus weight
- aut
aut
40,447 corpus weight
- babaçu
babaçu
40,443 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “babaçu” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | babaçu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “babaçu” em português
Rare enough to double-check
babaçu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,558 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
babaçu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is babaçu, spelled B-A-B-A-Ç-U.
Definition
- 1palmeira da espécie Attalea speciosa, nativa do Brasil, especialmente da região da Mata dos Cocais, cujos frutos fornecem óleo, fibras e outros produtos
- 2fruto dessa palmeira, de casca dura e polpa oleaginosa, usado na alimentação, na produção de óleo e em artesanato
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babaçu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O babaçu é fonte de renda para muitas famílias do Maranhão e do Piauí
O óleo de babaçu é muito usado na fabricação de sabonetes e cosméticos
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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