elocução
/i.lu.ku.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“elocução” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressão do pensamento por palavras escritas ou orais
Corpus desk
Index PT-elocucao · elocução · Portuguese
elocução · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elocução |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /i.lu.ku.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “elocução” em português
Rare enough to double-check
elocução is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.lu.ku.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expressão do pensamento por palavras escritas ou orais".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for elocução, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is elocução, spelled E-L-O-C-U-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1expressão do pensamento por palavras escritas ou orais
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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.