cisalhamento
The verdict
“cisalhamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,713 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de deformação que ocorre quando forças paralelas e opostas atuam sobre um corpo, fazendo com que suas camadas deslizem entre si
Corpus desk
Index PT-cisalhamento · cisalhamento · Portuguese
cisalhamento · rank #62,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,713
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chincha
Nearest frequency peer: chincha (-6 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 “cisalhamento”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cavo
cavo
37,306 corpus weight
- chincha
chincha
37,294 corpus weight
- cisalhamento
cisalhamento
37,288 corpus weight
- concessioná…
concessionário
37,280 corpus weight
- conduct
conduct
37,277 corpus weight
- contista
contista
37,267 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cisalhamento” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cisalhamento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cisalhamento” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cisalhamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,713 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cisalhamento, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cisalhamento, spelled C-I-S-A-L-H-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1tipo de deformação que ocorre quando forças paralelas e opostas atuam sobre um corpo, fazendo com que suas camadas deslizem entre si
- 2processo de ruptura ou deformação em rochas causado por tensões paralelas em sentidos contrários
- 3força tangencial que atua sobre tecidos moles, podendo causar lesões por pressão em pacientes acamados
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cisalhamento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O cisalhamento excessivo pode comprometer a estrutura de uma viga
A falha geológica foi provocada por intenso cisalhamento tectônico
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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