bacilo

/baˈsi.lu/

//baˈsi.lu// noun

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The verdict

“bacilo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,622 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,622
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome comum ao gênero de bactérias Bacillus, tendo em comum a forma de bastonete, a produção interna de esporos (endósporos) e de enzimas que podem ser tóxicas e deletérias e que, quando submetidas ...

Corpus desk

Index PT-bacilo · bacilo · Portuguese

bacilo · rank #66,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,622
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH atrofiado

Nearest frequency peer: atrofiado (-6 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 “bacilo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bacilo
PropertyValue
Headwordbacilo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/baˈsi.lu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bacilo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).bacilocai 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: “atrofiado” (#66,616), “Ast” (#66,613), “biba” (#66,635). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bacilo” fica em #66,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bacilo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,622 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /baˈsi.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bacilo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is bacilo, spelled B-A-C-I-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome comum ao gênero de bactérias Bacillus, tendo em comum a forma de bastonete, a produção interna de esporos (endósporos) e de enzimas que podem ser tóxicas e deletérias e que, quando submetidas ao contraste de Gram, reagem positivamente, algumas das quais são úteis como a B. thuringiensis ou a B. amyloliquefaciens usada na pesquisa de DNA entre outros fins
  2. 2
    diz-se de toda bactéria que tem forma de bastonete, pertencendo ou não ao gênero Bacillus

Synonyms

bacil(i)-bacilo-

This word in other languages

bacillus(English)bacilo(Español)Bazillus(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 "bacilo"?
"bacilo" is spelled B-A-C-I-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /baˈsi.lu/.
What does "bacilo" mean?
As a noun, "bacilo" means: nome comum ao gênero de bactérias Bacillus, tendo em comum a forma de bastonete, a produção interna de esporos (endósporos) e de enzimas que podem ser tóxicas e deletérias e que, quando submetidas ...
How do you pronounce "bacilo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bacilo" is /baˈsi.lu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bacilo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cinque#66,687useful#66,545suster#66,511serrar#66,485

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list