cesárea

noun

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The verdict

“cesárea” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,681 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,681
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - operação em que se abre o útero materno para retirada do feto

Key facts for cesárea
PropertyValue
Headwordcesárea
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cesárea” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cesárea lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cesárea is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,681 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "operação em que se abre o útero materno para retirada do feto".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cesárea, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cesárea, spelled C-E-S-Á-R-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    operação em que se abre o útero materno para retirada do feto

Synonyms

cesariana

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 "cesárea"?
"cesárea" is spelled C-E-S-Á-R-E-A.
What does "cesárea" mean?
As a noun, "cesárea" means: operação em que se abre o útero materno para retirada do feto
What language does "cesárea" come from?
"cesárea" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cesárea”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-S-Á-R-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list