secada
The verdict
“secada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,113 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,113
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de secar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | secada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “secada” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
secada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,113 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
secada has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is secada, spelled S-E-C-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de secar
- 2ato de fitar um corpo ou parte de um corpo com desejo sexual
- 3ato ou efeito de emagrecer
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 “secada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-C-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.