heráldica

/ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ/

//ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ// noun

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The verdict

“heráldica” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,021 among 995 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,021
frequency rank, Portuguese
995
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ciência e a arte de descrever os brasões de armas ou escudos

Key facts for heráldica
PropertyValue
Headwordheráldica
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “heráldica” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). heráldica lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heráldica is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,021 among 995 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ciência e a arte de descrever os brasões de armas ou escudos".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heráldica, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is heráldica, spelled H-E-R-Á-L-D-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ciência e a arte de descrever os brasões de armas ou escudos

This word in other languages

heraldry(English)heráldica(Español)héraldique(Français)Heraldik(Deutsch)

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 "heráldica"?
"heráldica" is spelled H-E-R-Á-L-D-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ/.
What does "heráldica" mean?
As a noun, "heráldica" means: ciência e a arte de descrever os brasões de armas ou escudos
How do you pronounce "heráldica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heráldica" is /ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heráldica" come from?
"heráldica" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “heráldica”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-R-Á-L-D-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ɛ.ˈɾaɫ.di.kɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list