bacanal
/ba.kaˈnaw/ [ba.kaˈnaʊ̯]
The verdict
“bacanal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,637 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,637
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ao deus romano do vinho Baco, equivalente ao grego Dionísio e sucessor do itálico Liber
Corpus desk
Index PT-bacanal · bacanal · Portuguese
bacanal · rank #64,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,637
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH bacamarte
Nearest frequency peer: bacamarte (-1 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 “bacanal”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- arrebatador
arrebatador
35,377 corpus weight
- autóctone
autóctone
35,368 corpus weight
- bacamarte
bacamarte
35,365 corpus weight
- bacanal
bacanal
35,364 corpus weight
- biju
biju
35,353 corpus weight
- borbulha
borbulha
35,349 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “bacanal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bacanal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ba.kaˈnaw/ [ba.kaˈnaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “bacanal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
bacanal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,637 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ba.kaˈnaw/ [ba.kaˈnaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bacanal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is bacanal, spelled B-A-C-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo ao deus romano do vinho Baco, equivalente ao grego Dionísio e sucessor do itálico Liber
- 2que diz respeito a festejar sem regras morais e sexuais, com uso excessivo de álcool e outras substâncias embriagantes
Synonyms
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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