cedência
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
- burocrata
burocrata
44,585 corpus weight
- catita
catita
44,574 corpus weight
- cedência
cedência
44,571 corpus weight
- celeuma
celeuma
44,570 corpus weight
- cloaca
cloaca
44,561 corpus weight
- confeccionar
confeccionar
44,550 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cedência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cedência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cedência” em português
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
- 1ato de ceder
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cedência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«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.
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