lamacento

/lɐ.mɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/

//lɐ.mɐ.ˈsẽ.tu// adj

The verdict

“lamacento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,979 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,979
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem lama, que é como a lama

Corpus desk

Index PT-lamacento · lamacento · Portuguese

lamacento · rank #92,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,979
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH joguete

Nearest frequency peer: joguete (-20 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 “lamacento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lamacento
PropertyValue
Headwordlamacento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/lɐ.mɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,979
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “lamacento” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.lamacentocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “joguete” (#92,959), “manômetro” (#93,013), “interstício” (#92,941). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “lamacento” fica em #92,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lamacento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,979 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /lɐ.mɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem lama, que é como a lama".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lamacento, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is lamacento, spelled L-A-M-A-C-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem lama, que é como a lama

Synonyms

lameirento

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 "lamacento"?
"lamacento" is spelled L-A-M-A-C-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /lɐ.mɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/.
What does "lamacento" mean?
As an adjective, "lamacento" means: que tem lama, que é como a lama
How do you pronounce "lamacento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lamacento" is /lɐ.mɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list