potassa
/pu.ˈta.sɐ/
The verdict
“potassa” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hidróxido de potássio (KOH), também chamado de potassa cáustica
Corpus desk
Index PT-potassa · potassa · Portuguese
potassa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | potassa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pu.ˈta.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “potassa” em português
Rare enough to double-check
potassa is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pu.ˈta.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hidróxido de potássio (KOH), também chamado de potassa cáustica".
potassa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is potassa, spelled P-O-T-A-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1hidróxido de potássio (KOH), também chamado de potassa cáustica
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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.