báculo
/ˈba.ku.lu/
The verdict
“báculo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bastão usado por bispos católicos
Corpus desk
Index PT-baculo · báculo · Portuguese
báculo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | báculo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈba.ku.lu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “báculo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
báculo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈba.ku.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
báculo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 báculo, spelled B-Á-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1bastão usado por bispos católicos
- 2cajado
- 3osso que sustenta o pênis em alguns mamíferos
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.