cedência

noun

The verdict

“cedência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,430 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,430
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de ceder

Corpus desk

Index PT-cedencia · cedência · Portuguese

cedência · rank #55,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,430
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH celeuma

Nearest frequency peer: celeuma (+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 “cedência”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cedência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cedência
PropertyValue
Headwordcedência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cedência” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).cedênciacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “celeuma” (#55,431), “catita” (#55,427), “cloaca” (#55,440). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cedência” fica em #55,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cedência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,430 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de ceder".

Zero misspellings are on record for cedência in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cedência, spelled C-E-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de ceder

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cedência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «A falta de cedência de passagem num cruzamento é uma das principais causas de acidentes urbanos.»

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cedência"?
"cedência" is spelled C-E-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "cedência" mean?
As a noun, "cedência" means: ato de ceder
What language does "cedência" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cedência", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list