flácido

adj

The verdict

“flácido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,587 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,587
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frouxo; sem consistência

Corpus desk

Index PT-flacido · flácido · Portuguese

flácido · rank #69,587 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,587
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fidelização

Nearest frequency peer: fidelização (-9 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 “flácido”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flácido
PropertyValue
Headwordflácido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,587
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “flácido” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fidelização” (#69,578), “geito” (#69,603), “exaustor” (#69,567). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “flácido” fica em #69,587. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flácido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,587 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "frouxo; sem consistência".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for flácido, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is flácido, spelled F-L-Á-C-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    frouxo; sem consistência

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Segundo especialistas, no entanto, o resultado só aparece em peles pouco flácidas e em apenas 70% dos pacientes.

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); 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 "flácido"?
"flácido" is spelled F-L-Á-C-I-D-O.
What does "flácido" mean?
As an adjective, "flácido" means: frouxo; sem consistência
What language does "flácido" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flácido", 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