ocre
/ˈɔ.kɾɨ/
The verdict
“ocre” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,093 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,093
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - da cor da terra
Corpus desk
Index PT-ocre · ocre · Portuguese
ocre · rank #58,093 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,093
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH ocaso
Nearest frequency peer: ocaso (-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 “ocre”
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 “ocre” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ocre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɔ.kɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ocre” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ocre is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,093 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɔ.kɾɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "da cor da terra".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ocre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ocre, spelled O-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1da cor da terra
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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