beco sem saída
/ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ]
The verdict
“beco sem saída” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - beco ou rua estreita cuja entrada é também a saída
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beco sem saída |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beco sem saída” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
beco sem saída is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for beco sem saída, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is beco sem saída, spelled B-E-C-O- -S-E-M- -S-A-Í-D-A.
Definition
- 1beco ou rua estreita cuja entrada é também a saída
- 2situação embaraçosa ou dificultosa, sem solução aparente, da qual não se pode evitar
- 3caminho que não leva a lugar nenhum
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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.
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Using “beco sem saída”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-E-C-O- -S-E-M- -S-A-Í-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.