rapacidade

noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualidade de que(m) rouba; tendência para o roubo ou hábito de roubar

Key facts for rapacidade
PropertyValue
Headwordrapacidade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rapacidade” sits in Portuguese frequency

rapacidade falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

rapacidade is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualidade de que(m) rouba; tendência para o roubo ou hábito de roubar".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rapacidade, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is rapacidade, spelled R-A-P-A-C-I-D-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade de que(m) rouba; tendência para o roubo ou hábito de roubar

This word in other languages

rapacity(English)rapacité(Français)Raubgier(Deutsch)

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 "rapacidade"?
"rapacidade" is spelled R-A-P-A-C-I-D-A-D-E.
What does "rapacidade" mean?
As a noun, "rapacidade" means: qualidade de que(m) rouba; tendência para o roubo ou hábito de roubar
What language does "rapacidade" come from?
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Using “rapacidade”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-A-P-A-C-I-D-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list