sacarose

/sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/

//sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi// noun

The verdict

“sacarose” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,009 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,009
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome técnico para o açúcar comum, um dissacarídeo formado por glicose e frutose

Corpus desk

Index PT-sacarose · sacarose · Portuguese

sacarose · rank #53,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,009
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH roçar

Nearest frequency peer: roçar (-4 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 “sacarose”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sacarose
PropertyValue
Headwordsacarose
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sacarose” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sacarosecai 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: “roçar” (#53,005), “sauber” (#53,014), “roja” (#53,002). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sacarose” fica em #53,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sacarose is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,009 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    nome 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacarose"?
"sacarose" is spelled S-A-C-A-R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/.
What does "sacarose" mean?
As a noun, "sacarose" means: nome técnico para o açúcar comum, um dissacarídeo formado por glicose e frutose
How do you pronounce "sacarose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sacarose" is /sa.ka.ˈɾɔ.zi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sacarose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list