calço
/ˈkaɫ.su/
The verdict
“calço” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,828 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,828
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pedra, cunha, pedaço de madeira ou de outra substância que se põe debaixo de um objeto, para o firmar ou para o elevar, ou para o nivelar
Corpus desk
Index PT-calco · calço · Portuguese
calço · rank #54,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,828
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH callum
Nearest frequency peer: callum (-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 “calço”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- brevidade
brevidade
45,183 corpus weight
- callum
callum
45,174 corpus weight
- calço
calço
45,173 corpus weight
- candeia
candeia
45,171 corpus weight
- castrar
castrar
45,167 corpus weight
- chaga
chaga
45,163 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “calço” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaɫ.su/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “calço” em português
Rare enough to double-check
calço is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,828 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkaɫ.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calço, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is calço, spelled C-A-L-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1pedra, cunha, pedaço de madeira ou de outra substância que se põe debaixo de um objeto, para o firmar ou para o elevar, ou para o nivelar
- 2socalco; leira em socalco; socalco de forma arredondada em volta de uma oliveira que medra em encosta
- 3no arado tradicional, peça de madeira entre as suas varas
- 4trempe
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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