rosácea

/Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/

//Ru.ˈza.sjɐ// noun

The verdict

“rosácea” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,804 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,804
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ornamento arquitetónico circular que sugere a disposição das pétalas de uma rosa irradiando de um centro

Corpus desk

Index PT-rosacea · rosácea · Portuguese

rosácea · rank #55,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,804
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH rotulagem

Nearest frequency peer: rotulagem (+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 “rosácea”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rosácea
PropertyValue
Headwordrosácea
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “rosácea” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).rosáceacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “rotulagem” (#55,806), “revezar” (#55,796), “sedimento” (#55,814). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rosácea” fica em #55,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rosácea is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,804 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

rosácea has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 rosácea, spelled R-O-S-Á-C-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ornamento arquitetónico circular que sugere a disposição das pétalas de uma rosa irradiando de um centro
  2. 2
    família de plantas da ordem Rosales de um grande número de gêneros, entre eles, as rosas, maçãs, pêssegos, morangos, etc.
  3. 3
    tipo de doença da pele da face humana

This word in other languages

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 "rosácea"?
"rosácea" is spelled R-O-S-Á-C-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is /Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/.
What does "rosácea" mean?
As a noun, "rosácea" means: ornamento arquitetónico circular que sugere a disposição das pétalas de uma rosa irradiando de um centro
How do you pronounce "rosácea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rosácea" is /Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rosácea" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rosácea", 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