disco rígido

phrase

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
12
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-rigido · disco rígido · Portuguese

disco rígido · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 rígido
PropertyValue
Headworddisco rígido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “disco rígido” em português

disco rígidofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

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

Rare enough to double-check

disco rígido 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".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for disco rígido, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is disco rígido, spelled D-I-S-C-O- -R-Í-G-I-D-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 example

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

  1. Publicação britânica alerta que dados pessoais 'apagados' não desaparecem do disco rígido.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 rígido"?
"disco rígido" is spelled D-I-S-C-O- -R-Í-G-I-D-O.
What does "disco rígido" mean?
As a phrase, "disco rígido" 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 rígido" come from?
"disco rígido" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list