ocaso
/ɔ.ˈka.zu/
The verdict
“ocaso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,092 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,092
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - momento em que o sol se põe
Corpus desk
Index PT-ocaso · ocaso · Portuguese
ocaso · rank #58,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,092
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH ocre
Nearest frequency peer: ocre (+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 “ocaso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- natalício
natalício
41,926 corpus weight
- nebulosidade
nebulosidade
41,922 corpus weight
- Neptuno
Neptuno
41,919 corpus weight
- ocaso
ocaso
41,909 corpus weight
- ocre
ocre
41,908 corpus weight
- organizo
organizo
41,900 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ocaso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocaso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.ˈka.zu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ocaso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ocaso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,092 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔ.ˈka.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ocaso in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ocaso, spelled O-C-A-S-O.
Definition
- 1momento em que o sol se põe
- 2ponto cardeal que indica o lugar onde o sol se põe
- 3fase de decadência; queda, ruína
- 4termo, fim, final
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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