bacio

/bɐ.ˈsi.u/

//bɐ.ˈsi.u// noun

The verdict

“bacio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,075 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,075
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vaso de noite

Corpus desk

Index PT-bacio · bacio · Portuguese

bacio · rank #87,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,075
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH bacharelato

Nearest frequency peer: bacharelato (-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 “bacio”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bacio
PropertyValue
Headwordbacio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bɐ.ˈsi.u/
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “bacio” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).baciocai 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: “bacharelato” (#87,074), “aventar” (#87,070), “blasé” (#87,091). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “bacio” fica em #87,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bacio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,075 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐ.ˈsi.u/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

bacio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is bacio, spelled B-A-C-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    vaso de noite
  2. 2
    bispote; penico

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 "bacio"?
"bacio" is spelled B-A-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /bɐ.ˈsi.u/.
What does "bacio" mean?
As a noun, "bacio" means: vaso de noite
How do you pronounce "bacio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bacio" is /bɐ.ˈsi.u/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bacio" come from?
"bacio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list