secada
The verdict
“secada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,113 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,113
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de secar
Corpus desk
Index PT-secada · secada · Portuguese
secada · rank #67,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,113
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH seer
Nearest frequency peer: seer (+1 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 “secada”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- retilíneo
retilíneo
32,902 corpus weight
- ripa
ripa
32,900 corpus weight
- rítmico
rítmico
32,894 corpus weight
- secada
secada
32,888 corpus weight
- seer
seer
32,887 corpus weight
- solidificaç…
solidificação
32,874 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “secada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “secada” em português
Rare enough to double-check
secada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,113 among 1,185 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how secada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rasgando o Verbo Crônicas do Cotidiano
Zumbeatles Paul está morto-vivo
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).