percalço
The verdict
“percalço” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,332 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,332
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transtorno, dificuldade, incômodo
Corpus desk
Index PT-percalco · percalço · Portuguese
percalço · rank #90,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,332
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perpendicular…
Nearest frequency peer: perpendicularmente (+4 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 “percalço”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nominativo
nominativo
9,715 corpus weight
- omoplata
omoplata
9,702 corpus weight
- percalço
percalço
9,669 corpus weight
- perpendicul…
perpendicularmente
9,665 corpus weight
- politeísmo
politeísmo
9,649 corpus weight
- quati
quati
9,618 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “percalço” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | percalço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “percalço” em português
Rare enough to double-check
percalço is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,332 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "transtorno, dificuldade, incômodo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for percalço in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is percalço, spelled P-E-R-C-A-L-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1transtorno, dificuldade, incômodo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how percalço appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Isto é a vida; não há planger, nem imprecar, mas aceitar as coisas integralmente, com seus ônus e percalços, glórias e desdouros, e ir por diante.
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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