luxação
/lu.ʃɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“luxação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,067 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,067
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deslocamento repentino e duradouro, parcial ou completo de um ou mais ossos de uma articulação
Corpus desk
Index PT-luxacao · luxação · Portuguese
luxação · rank #61,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,067
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH ludibriar
Nearest frequency peer: ludibriar (-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 “luxação”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- leniência
leniência
38,947 corpus weight
- letrista
letrista
38,945 corpus weight
- lhamas
lhamas
38,944 corpus weight
- limo
limo
38,940 corpus weight
- ludibriar
ludibriar
38,935 corpus weight
- luxação
luxação
38,934 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “luxação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luxação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /lu.ʃɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “luxação” em português
Rare enough to double-check
luxação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,067 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /lu.ʃɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deslocamento repentino e duradouro, parcial ou completo de um ou mais ossos de uma articulação".
No generated misspelling entries exist for luxação in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is luxação, spelled L-U-X-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1deslocamento repentino e duradouro, parcial ou completo de um ou mais ossos de uma articulação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how luxação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O estudante Odair Dias Filho, presidente do Centro Acadêmico da Faculdade de Serviço Social da Unaerp, sofreu luxação no braço e escoriações.
Synonyms
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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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