oficial de justiça

phrase

The verdict

“oficial de justiça” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação genérica dos magistrados e outros funcionários judiciais

Corpus desk

Index PT-oficial-de-justica · oficial de justiça · Portuguese

oficial de justiça · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for oficial de justiça
PropertyValue
Headwordoficial de justiça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “oficial de justiça” em português

oficial de justiçaestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oficial de justiça is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "designação genérica dos magistrados e outros funcionários judiciais".

oficial de justiça doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is oficial de justiça, spelled O-F-I-C-I-A-L- -D-E- -J-U-S-T-I-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    designação genérica dos magistrados e outros funcionários judiciais

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how oficial de justiça appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um oficial de Justiça foi preso na noite de ontem ao sair da Rocinha com cinco comprimidos de ecstasy e dois sacolés de cocaína.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oficial de justiça"?
"oficial de justiça" is spelled O-F-I-C-I-A-L- -D-E- -J-U-S-T-I-Ç-A.
What does "oficial de justiça" mean?
As a phrase, "oficial de justiça" means: designação genérica dos magistrados e outros funcionários judiciais
What language does "oficial de justiça" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list