sacarose
/sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/
The verdict
“sacarose” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #53,009 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,009
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome técnico para o açúcar comum, um dissacarídeo formado por glicose e frutose
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacarose |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacarose” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sacarose is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,009 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nome técnico para o açúcar comum, um dissacarídeo formado por glicose e frutose".
sacarose doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 sacarose, spelled S-A-C-A-R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1nome técnico para o açúcar comum, um dissacarídeo formado por glicose e frutose
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 “sacarose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-C-A-R-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.