cerca de
The verdict
“cerca de” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aproximadamente; mais ou menos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerca de |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerca de” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cerca de is 8 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aproximadamente; mais ou menos".
Zero misspellings are on record for cerca de in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cerca de, spelled C-E-R-C-A- -D-E.
Definition
- 1aproximadamente; mais ou menos
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cerca de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-R-C-A- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.