locução substantiva

phrase

The verdict

“locução substantiva” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - reunião de duas ou mais palavras exercendo a função de substantivo

Key facts for locução substantiva
PropertyValue
Headwordlocução substantiva
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “locução substantiva” sits in Portuguese frequency

locução substantiva falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

locução substantiva is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reunião de duas ou mais palavras exercendo a função de substantivo".

locução substantiva has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is locução substantiva, spelled L-O-C-U-Ç-Ã-O- -S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    reunião de duas ou mais palavras exercendo a função de substantivo

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "locução substantiva"?
"locução substantiva" is spelled L-O-C-U-Ç-Ã-O- -S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-A.
What does "locução substantiva" mean?
As a phrase, "locução substantiva" means: reunião de duas ou mais palavras exercendo a função de substantivo
What language does "locução substantiva" come from?
"locução substantiva" 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 “locução substantiva”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-O-C-U-Ç-Ã-O- -S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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