kak
/kak/ - [kak]
The verdict
“kak” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,868 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,868
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - céu (espaço bem acima da terra, em forma de abóbada)
Corpus desk
Index PT-kak · kak · Portuguese
kak · rank #97,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,868
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH Kellner
Nearest frequency peer: Kellner (+3 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 “kak”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- inferninho
inferninho
2,163 corpus weight
- inocular
inocular
2,161 corpus weight
- intrusivo
intrusivo
2,153 corpus weight
- irony
irony
2,150 corpus weight
- kak
kak
2,133 corpus weight
- Kellner
Kellner
2,130 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kak” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kak |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kak/ - [kak] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #97,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kak” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kak is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,868 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kak/ - [kak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "céu (espaço bem acima da terra, em forma de abóbada)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kak in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is kak, spelled K-A-K.
Definition
- 1céu (espaço bem acima da terra, em forma de abóbada)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wakü pe kak ayukasak man.
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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