conspícuo
The verdict
“conspícuo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - visível, que se pode ver
Corpus desk
Index PT-conspicuo · conspícuo · Portuguese
conspícuo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | conspícuo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “conspícuo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
conspícuo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for conspícuo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 conspícuo, spelled C-O-N-S-P-Í-C-U-O.
Definition
- 1visível, que se pode ver
- 2notável, eminente, distinto, ilustre
- 3sério, grave, respeitável
- 4nas ciências biológicas (inclusive na paleontologia), aquilo ou aquele que serve para caracterização de uma espécie, grupo, gênero, etc., ou ainda em fósseis, sedimentos; que é típico de um indivíduo, espécie, gênero, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how conspícuo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A vergonha tornou-se-lhe conspícua na face ruborizada.
Um conspícuo membro da sociedade fez o discurso de saudação.
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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.