sarda
/ˈsaɾ.dɐ/
The verdict
“sarda” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #63,164 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,164
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - peixe perciforme, da família dos escombrídeos (Sarda sarda ou Scomber scombrus), pelágico, do oceano Atlântico, de corpo robusto e fusiforme, dorso azul com faixas oblíquas escuras, ventre branco e...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sarda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɾ.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sarda” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sarda is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsaɾ.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,164 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for sarda in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sarda, spelled S-A-R-D-A.
Definition
- 1peixe perciforme, da família dos escombrídeos (Sarda sarda ou Scomber scombrus), pelágico, do oceano Atlântico, de corpo robusto e fusiforme, dorso azul com faixas oblíquas escuras, ventre branco e nadadeira caudal muito furcada; serra, serra-comum, serra-de-escama
- 2o mesmo que sororoca (Scomberomorus maculatus e S. brasiliensis)
Synonyms
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 “sarda”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-R-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsaɾ.dɐ/ (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.