morcela
/muɾ.ˈsɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“morcela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,472 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,472
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enchido (ou embutido) em que o elemento principal é o sangue de porco, gorduras e condimentos
Corpus desk
Index PT-morcela · morcela · Portuguese
morcela · rank #81,472 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,472
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH milharal
Nearest frequency peer: milharal (-12 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 “morcela”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- massacrante
massacrante
18,559 corpus weight
- mesquinhez
mesquinhez
18,544 corpus weight
- milharal
milharal
18,541 corpus weight
- morcela
morcela
18,529 corpus weight
- nêutron
nêutron
18,502 corpus weight
- oiça
oiça
18,496 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “morcela” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | morcela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /muɾ.ˈsɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “morcela” em português
Rare enough to double-check
morcela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,472 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /muɾ.ˈsɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for morcela, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is morcela, spelled M-O-R-C-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1enchido (ou embutido) em que o elemento principal é o sangue de porco, gorduras e condimentos
- 2chouriço doce
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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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