dico
/ˈdiː.koː/.
The verdict
“dico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,875 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,875
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dizer, falar.
Corpus desk
Index PT-dico · dico · Portuguese
dico · rank #57,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,875
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dilatar
Nearest frequency peer: dilatar (+4 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 “dico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- deflagração
deflagração
42,148 corpus weight
- desnorteado
desnorteado
42,137 corpus weight
- desobediente
desobediente
42,136 corpus weight
- dico
dico
42,126 corpus weight
- dilatar
dilatar
42,122 corpus weight
- edificante
edificante
42,110 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈdiː.koː/. |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,875 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈdiː.koː/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dico, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dico, spelled D-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1dizer, falar.
- 2nomear (alguém para um cargo).
- 3chamar, nomear.
- 4(no direito, seguido por ad) argumentar.
- 5referir-se a.
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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