fulcro
/ˈfuɫ.kɾu/
The verdict
“fulcro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,852 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,852
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - base, esteio, fundamento
Corpus desk
Index PT-fulcro · fulcro · Portuguese
fulcro · rank #66,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,852
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH freudiano
Nearest frequency peer: freudiano (-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 “fulcro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- expositor
expositor
33,175 corpus weight
- farmacológi…
farmacológica
33,170 corpus weight
- franga
franga
33,154 corpus weight
- freudiano
freudiano
33,151 corpus weight
- fulcro
fulcro
33,149 corpus weight
- hemorroidas
hemorroidas
33,126 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “fulcro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fulcro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfuɫ.kɾu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “fulcro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
fulcro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,852 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfuɫ.kɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "base, esteio, fundamento".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fulcro, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is fulcro, spelled F-U-L-C-R-O.
Definition
- 1base, esteio, fundamento
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.
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