ossário
The verdict
“ossário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,182 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,182
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - local destinado a guardar ossos humanos após a exumação, geralmente em cemitérios
Corpus desk
Index PT-ossario · ossário · Portuguese
ossário · rank #92,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,182
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH operariado
Nearest frequency peer: operariado (-2 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 “ossário”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nortear
nortear
7,833 corpus weight
- operariado
operariado
7,821 corpus weight
- ossário
ossário
7,819 corpus weight
- pancadão
pancadão
7,807 corpus weight
- parafrasear
parafrasear
7,805 corpus weight
- petardo
petardo
7,791 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ossário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ossário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ossário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ossário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,182 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ossário in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is ossário, spelled O-S-S-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1local destinado a guardar ossos humanos após a exumação, geralmente em cemitérios
- 2construção ou compartimento coletivo onde se acumulam ossadas
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ossário appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os restos mortais foram transferidos para o ossário da necrópole
O antigo campo de batalha transformou-se em um imenso ossário ao ar livre
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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