codec
The verdict
“codec” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,628 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,628
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - codificador/decodificador
Corpus desk
Index PT-codec · codec · Portuguese
codec · rank #59,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,628
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH climatização
Nearest frequency peer: climatização (-2 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 “codec”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- clarim
clarim
40,376 corpus weight
- climatização
climatização
40,375 corpus weight
- codec
codec
40,373 corpus weight
- computadori…
computadorizado
40,366 corpus weight
- conciso
conciso
40,365 corpus weight
- custoso
custoso
40,349 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “codec” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | codec |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “codec” em português
Rare enough to double-check
codec is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,628 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "codificador/decodificador".
codec has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is codec, spelled C-O-D-E-C.
Definition
- 1codificador/decodificador
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how codec appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Interligação de Redes com TCP/IP – Vol. 1 Princípios, Protocolos e Arquitetura
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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