ossário

noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ossário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ossário
PropertyValue
Headwordossário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ossário” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ossáriocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “operariado” (#92,180), “pancadão” (#92,194), “nortear” (#92,168). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “ossário” fica em #92,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    local destinado a guardar ossos humanos após a exumação, geralmente em cemitérios
  2. 2
    construção ou compartimento coletivo onde se acumulam ossadas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Os restos mortais foram transferidos para o ossário da necrópole
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ossário"?
"ossário" is spelled O-S-S-Á-R-I-O.
What does "ossário" mean?
As a noun, "ossário" means: local destinado a guardar ossos humanos após a exumação, geralmente em cemitérios
What language does "ossário" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ossário", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list