cesura
/sɨ.ˈzu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“cesura” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de cortar
Corpus desk
Index PT-cesura · cesura · Portuguese
cesura · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cesura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɨ.ˈzu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cesura” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cesura is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɨ.ˈzu.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cesura in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cesura, spelled C-E-S-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1ato de cortar
- 2golpe de lanceta
- 3cicatriz
- 4primeira parte do verso hexâmetro
- 5pausa no fim do primeiro hemistíquio do verso alexandrino
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.