sarda

/ˈsaɾ.dɐ/

//ˈsaɾ.dɐ// noun

The verdict

“sarda” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,164 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,164
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index PT-sarda · sarda · Portuguese

sarda · rank #63,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,164
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH seletivamente

Nearest frequency peer: seletivamente (+7 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 “sarda”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sarda
PropertyValue
Headwordsarda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈsaɾ.dɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,164
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sarda” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sardacai 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: “seletivamente” (#63,171), “retardamento” (#63,148), “slaves” (#63,180). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sarda” fica em #63,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sarda is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,164 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsaɾ.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    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 nadadeira caudal muito furcada; serra, serra-comum, serra-de-escama
  2. 2
    o mesmo que sororoca (Scomberomorus maculatus e S. brasiliensis)

Synonyms

cavalaxarda

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 "sarda"?
"sarda" is spelled S-A-R-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsaɾ.dɐ/.
What does "sarda" mean?
As a noun, "sarda" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "sarda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarda" is /ˈsaɾ.dɐ/. 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 "sarda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list