cataclismo
/kɐ.tɐ.ˈkliʒ.mu/
The verdict
“cataclismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,411 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,411
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - convulsão ou transformação de grande parte da crosta terrestre
Corpus desk
Index PT-cataclismo · cataclismo · Portuguese
cataclismo · rank #61,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,411
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Cello
Nearest frequency peer: Cello (+4 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 “cataclismo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bicheiro
bicheiro
38,631 corpus weight
- bêbedo
bêbedo
38,612 corpus weight
- cataclismo
cataclismo
38,590 corpus weight
- Cello
Cello
38,586 corpus weight
- claw
claw
38,574 corpus weight
- colapsar
colapsar
38,569 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cataclismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cataclismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.tɐ.ˈkliʒ.mu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cataclismo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cataclismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,411 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.tɐ.ˈkliʒ.mu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "convulsão ou transformação de grande parte da crosta terrestre".
cataclismo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cataclismo, spelled C-A-T-A-C-L-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1convulsão ou transformação de grande parte da crosta terrestre
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cataclismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Logo chegarei a Donald Rumsfeld, o arquiteto e avalista do hediondo cataclismo no Iraque.
Synonyms
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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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