cracker

noun

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The verdict

“cracker” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,999 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,999
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa que ilegalmente invade sistemas computacionais (hardwares ou softwares)

Corpus desk

Index PT-cracker · cracker · Portuguese

cracker · rank #50,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,999
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH corrosivo

Nearest frequency peer: corrosivo (-9 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 “cracker”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cracker” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cracker
PropertyValue
Headwordcracker
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cracker” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).crackercai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “corrosivo” (#50,990), “degree” (#51,011), “contraproducente” (#50,984). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cracker” fica em #50,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cracker is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,999 among 2,140 “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

  1. 1
    pessoa que ilegalmente invade sistemas computacionais (hardwares ou softwares)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cracker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Para um cracker que possui uma conexão de 56 kbps e utiliza um Pentium III 800, é improvável que consiga descobrir a senha

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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cracker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confete#50,976efêmero#51,048estocar#51,069etílico#51,070

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list