neco
/ˈne.koː/
The verdict
“neco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,129 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,129
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - matar, assassinar (especialmente por um meio que não o ferimento, como por envenenamento).
Corpus desk
Index PT-neco · neco · Portuguese
neco · rank #55,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,129
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH Neuza
Nearest frequency peer: Neuza (+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 “neco”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- moscovita
moscovita
44,878 corpus weight
- neco
neco
44,872 corpus weight
- Neuza
Neuza
44,869 corpus weight
- ofertar
ofertar
44,862 corpus weight
- pedonal
pedonal
44,851 corpus weight
- PEM
PEM
44,849 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “neco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈne.koː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “neco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
neco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,129 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈne.koː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for neco in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 neco, spelled N-E-C-O.
Definition
- 1matar, assassinar (especialmente por um meio que não o ferimento, como por envenenamento).
- 2importunar.
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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