cesso
/ˈkes.soː/, /ˈkɛs.soː/.
The verdict
“cesso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,868 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,868
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estar em falta.
Corpus desk
Index PT-cesso · cesso · Portuguese
cesso · rank #89,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,868
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cinematógrafo
Nearest frequency peer: cinematógrafo (+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 “cesso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- canábis
canábis
10,155 corpus weight
- carboneto
carboneto
10,151 corpus weight
- carecer
carecer
10,150 corpus weight
- cesso
cesso
10,133 corpus weight
- cinematógra…
cinematógrafo
10,119 corpus weight
- coronário
coronário
10,094 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cesso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cesso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkes.soː/, /ˈkɛs.soː/. |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cesso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cesso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,868 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈkes.soː/, /ˈkɛs.soː/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cesso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 cesso, spelled C-E-S-S-O.
Definition
- 1estar em falta.
- 2demorar, tardar.
- 3descansar.
- 4estar livre de.
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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