cisalhamento
The verdict
“cisalhamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,713 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo de deformação que ocorre quando forças paralelas e opostas atuam sobre um corpo, fazendo com que suas camadas deslizem entre si
| 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) |
Where “cisalhamento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cisalhamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,713 among 3,948 “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
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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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Using “cisalhamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-I-S-A-L-H-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.