sacred
/ˈseɪkɹɪd/
The verdict
“sacred” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #44,582 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #44,582
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sagrado; santo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacred |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈseɪkɹɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacred” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sacred is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈseɪkɹɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,582 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sagrado; santo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacred, with forms such as "ascred", "saccred", and "sacerd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sucre", "sacro", "secret", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sacred, spelled S-A-C-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1sagrado; santo
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ascred,saccred,sacerd,sacrde,sacredd,sacrred,sarced,scared,ssacred
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacred - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “sacred”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-C-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈseɪkɹɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sucre” - see the side-by-side comparison. sacred vs sucre
- 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.