rosácea
/Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/
The verdict
“rosácea” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #55,804 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,804
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ornamento arquitetónico circular que sugere a disposição das pétalas de uma rosa irradiando de um centro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rosácea |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rosácea” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for rosácea is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,804 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1ornamento arquitetónico circular que sugere a disposição das pétalas de uma rosa irradiando de um centro
- 2família de plantas da ordem Rosales de um grande número de gêneros, entre eles, as rosas, maçãs, pêssegos, morangos, etc.
- 3tipo 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.
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Using “rosácea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-O-S-Á-C-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /Ru.ˈza.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.