cracker

Name: cracker, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“cracker” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,999 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,999
frequency rank, Portuguese: 3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa que ilegalmente invade sistemas computacionais (hardwares ou softwares)

Key facts for cracker
Property	Value
Headword	cracker
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#50,999
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cracker” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cracker lands here:

#50,999

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cracker is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,999 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa que ilegalmente invade sistemas computacionais (hardwares ou softwares)".

No misspelling variants are generated for cracker in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cracker, spelled C-R-A-C-K-E-R.

Definition

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pessoa que ilegalmente invade sistemas computacionais (hardwares ou softwares)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cracker"?

"cracker" is spelled C-R-A-C-K-E-R.

What does "cracker" mean?

As a noun, "cracker" means: pessoa que ilegalmente invade sistemas computacionais (hardwares ou softwares)

What language does "cracker" come from?

"cracker" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “cracker”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-A-C-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

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.