corisco
/ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/
The verdict
“corisco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,591 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,591
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - faísca elétrica da atmosfera, acompanhada ou não de trovão; raio
Corpus desk
Index PT-corisco · corisco · Portuguese
corisco · rank #98,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,591
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH corneto
Nearest frequency peer: corneto (+1 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 “corisco”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corisco
corisco
1,410 corpus weight
- corneto
corneto
1,409 corpus weight
- coulomb
coulomb
1,407 corpus weight
- cruzeta
cruzeta
1,397 corpus weight
- culhão
culhão
1,395 corpus weight
- cálido
cálido
1,388 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “corisco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corisco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “corisco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
corisco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,591 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ku.ˈɾiʃ.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for corisco in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is corisco, spelled C-O-R-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1faísca elétrica da atmosfera, acompanhada ou não de trovão; raio
- 2hóspede inesperado
- 3pessoa muito esperta, muito viva
- 4desgraça, catástrofe
- 5relâmpago; pessoa malvada
- 6planta graminácea (Guadua exalta) que tem colmo ereto de cujos nós partem ramos fasciculados com cerca de 16 cm de comprimento; também chamada bambuzinho e taquara
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how corisco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
João é um corisco.
Synonyms
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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