dístico

/ˈdiʃ.ti.ku/

//ˈdiʃ.ti.ku// adj

The verdict

“dístico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,985 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,985
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem duas séries ao longo de um eixo comum

Corpus desk

Index PT-distico · dístico · Portuguese

dístico · rank #89,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,985
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH ducal

Nearest frequency peer: ducal (-2 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 “dístico”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dístico
PropertyValue
Headworddístico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈdiʃ.ti.ku/
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “dístico” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ducal” (#89,983), “docilidade” (#89,977), “embolado” (#89,995). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dístico” fica em #89,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dístico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,985 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdiʃ.ti.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem duas séries ao longo de um eixo comum".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dístico, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 dístico, spelled D-Í-S-T-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem duas séries ao longo de um eixo comum

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 "dístico"?
"dístico" is spelled D-Í-S-T-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdiʃ.ti.ku/.
What does "dístico" mean?
As an adjective, "dístico" means: que tem duas séries ao longo de um eixo comum
How do you pronounce "dístico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dístico" is /ˈdiʃ.ti.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dístico" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list