disco duro

phrase

The verdict

“disco duro” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unidade de armazenamento magnético de alta capacidade, formada por um ou mais discos de material rígido montados em um eixo comum

Corpus desk

Index PT-disco-duro · disco duro · Portuguese

disco duro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for disco duro
PropertyValue
Headworddisco duro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “disco duro” em português

disco duronão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disco duro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unidade de armazenamento magnético de alta capacidade, formada por um ou mais discos de material rígido montados em um eixo comum".

Zero misspellings are on record for disco duro in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is disco duro, spelled D-I-S-C-O- -D-U-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade de armazenamento magnético de alta capacidade, formada por um ou mais discos de material rígido montados em um eixo comum

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. recebidos no disco duro do computador pessoal
  2. linguagem de homem-máquina: CPUs, disco flexível, disco duro

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disco duro"?
"disco duro" is spelled D-I-S-C-O- -D-U-R-O.
What does "disco duro" mean?
As a phrase, "disco duro" means: unidade de armazenamento magnético de alta capacidade, formada por um ou mais discos de material rígido montados em um eixo comum
What language does "disco duro" come from?
"disco duro" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list