seco
/ˈse.ku/
The verdict
“seco” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,763 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,763
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sem água ou humidade; enxuto; árido
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 | seco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈse.ku/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for seco is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈse.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,763 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for seco, with forms such as "esco", "sceo", and "secco". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "só", "ser", "seu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is seco, spelled S-E-C-O.
Definition
- 1sem água ou humidade; enxuto; árido
- 2que já não está verde; murcho
- 3diz-se do peixe, carne e legumes que se podem conservar
- 4diz-se do pão que se come sem conduto
- 5magro; descarnado
- 6ríspido; severo; esgotado
- 7que fisiologicamente ou organicamente não concebe e subsequentemente não gera descendente
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esco,sceo,secco,seoc,sseco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “seco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈse.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “só” - see the side-by-side comparison. seco vs só
- 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.