horóscopo

//oˈɾɔs.ko.pu// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,889

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

horóscopo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o signo de alguém, isto é, a posição de certos astros no céu no momento em que a pessoa nasce (hora, dia e mês), delimitado em doze casas zodiacais e que, em razão disso, determinará aspectos de su... Pronounced /oˈɾɔs.ko.pu/.

Key facts for horóscopo
PropertyValue
Headwordhoróscopo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/oˈɾɔs.ko.pu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,889
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of horóscopo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for horóscopo is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /oˈɾɔs.ko.pu/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,889 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for horóscopo, with forms such as "hhoróscopo", "horróscopo", and "horsócopo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is horóscopo, spelled H-O-R-Ó-S-C-O-P-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o signo de alguém, isto é, a posição de certos astros no céu no momento em que a pessoa nasce (hora, dia e mês), delimitado em doze casas zodiacais e que, em razão disso, determinará aspectos de sua vida, como a personalidade, sorte ou azar, vida amorosa e financeira, etc.
  2. 2
    previsão astrológica do futuro de uma pessoa com base em informações construídas fundadas no seu dia de nascimento, e publicadas periodicamente, via de regra diariamente, com predições comuns a todos aqueles que partilham de um mesmo signo zodiacal
  3. 3
    por extensão, toda previsão ou suposição sobre o que virá a ocorrer com alguém, com algo ou conjuntura social

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhoróscopo,horróscopo,horsócopo,horócsopo,horósccopo,horóscoop,horóscoppo,horóscpoo,horósocpo,horósscopo,hoórscopo,hroóscopo,ohróscopo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for horóscopo

Misspelling Variants of "horóscopo"

hhoróscopo10horróscopo10horsócopo9horócsopo9horósccopo10horóscoop9horóscoppo10horóscpoo9
Misspelling Variants of "horóscopo"

Frequency rank: #18,889 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "horóscopo"?
"horóscopo" is spelled H-O-R-Ó-S-C-O-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is /oˈɾɔs.ko.pu/.
What does "horóscopo" mean?
As a noun, "horóscopo" means: o signo de alguém, isto é, a posição de certos astros no céu no momento em que a pessoa nasce (hora, dia e mês), delimitado em doze casas zodiacais e que, em razão disso, determinará aspectos de su...
What are common misspellings of "horóscopo"?
Common misspellings include "hhoróscopo", "horróscopo", "horsócopo", "horócsopo", "horósccopo". The correct spelling is "horóscopo".
How do you pronounce "horóscopo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "horóscopo" is /oˈɾɔs.ko.pu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "horóscopo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.