cáustico
/ˈkawʃ.ti.ku/
The verdict
“cáustico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,926 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,926
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que corrói
Corpus desk
Index PT-caustico · cáustico · Portuguese
cáustico · rank #89,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,926
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH crackdown
Nearest frequency peer: crackdown (-14 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 “cáustico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- coronário
coronário
10,094 corpus weight
- crackdown
crackdown
10,089 corpus weight
- cáustico
cáustico
10,075 corpus weight
- desacompanh…
desacompanhado
10,048 corpus weight
- desgostar
desgostar
10,042 corpus weight
- desmarcado
desmarcado
10,039 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cáustico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cáustico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkawʃ.ti.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cáustico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cáustico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,926 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkawʃ.ti.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cáustico has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cáustico, spelled C-Á-U-S-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que corrói
- 2que queima os tecidos vivos
- 3agudo, sarcástico, amargo
This word in other languages
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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