hipocampo

/i.poˈkɐ̃.pu/

//i.poˈkɐ̃.pu// noun

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The verdict

“hipocampo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,124 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,124
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ente fantástico, presente nas mitologias fenícia, etrusca, picta, romana e grega (onde esse nome), descrito geralmente como tendo a parte anterior do corpo como um cavalo e a posterior de peixe, se...

Corpus desk

Index PT-hipocampo · hipocampo · Portuguese

hipocampo · rank #51,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,124
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hipnótico

Nearest frequency peer: hipnótico (-1 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 “hipocampo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hipocampo
PropertyValue
Headwordhipocampo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.poˈkɐ̃.pu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,124
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hipocampo” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “hipnótico” (#51,123), “hemodiálise” (#51,120), “impunemente” (#51,133). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hipocampo” fica em #51,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hipocampo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,124 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /i.poˈkɐ̃.pu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

hipocampo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is hipocampo, spelled H-I-P-O-C-A-M-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ente fantástico, presente nas mitologias fenícia, etrusca, picta, romana e grega (onde esse nome), descrito geralmente como tendo a parte anterior do corpo como um cavalo e a posterior de peixe, sendo alado nalgumas alegorias, associado a deuses como Netuno/Poseidon
  2. 2
    peixe da família Hippocampus
  3. 3
    cada uma das estruturas gêmeas existentes no cérebro de humanos e outros mamíferos, ou única em outros vertebrados, responsável nos animais superiores para a conversão de memórias de curto prazo em de longo prazo, além de atuarem na memória espacial e senso de localização, integrado à amígdala, e que faz parte do sistema límbico

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. coletivo: cardume

Synonyms

cavalo-marinho

This word in other languages

hippocampus(English)hipocampo(Español)hippocampe(Français)Hippocampus(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 "hipocampo"?
"hipocampo" is spelled H-I-P-O-C-A-M-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is /i.poˈkɐ̃.pu/.
What does "hipocampo" mean?
As a noun, "hipocampo" means: ente fantástico, presente nas mitologias fenícia, etrusca, picta, romana e grega (onde esse nome), descrito geralmente como tendo a parte anterior do corpo como um cavalo e a posterior de peixe, se...
How do you pronounce "hipocampo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hipocampo" is /i.poˈkɐ̃.pu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hipocampo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hipnótico#51,123jurássico#51,154felicitar#51,082corrosivo#50,990

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list