séptico
/ˈsɛp.ti.ku/
The verdict
“séptico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,804 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,804
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa a putrefação da carne, que faz apodrecer
Corpus desk
Index PT-septico · séptico · Portuguese
séptico · rank #50,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,804
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH suscitado
Nearest frequency peer: suscitado (-4 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 “séptico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- suburbano
suburbano
49,204 corpus weight
- suscitado
suscitado
49,201 corpus weight
- séptico
séptico
49,197 corpus weight
- talhado
talhado
49,193 corpus weight
- taxado
taxado
49,190 corpus weight
- taxação
taxação
49,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “séptico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | séptico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɛp.ti.ku/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “séptico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
séptico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,804 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsɛp.ti.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for séptico in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is séptico, spelled S-É-P-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que causa a putrefação da carne, que faz apodrecer
- 2que contém micróbios
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how séptico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O choque séptico é causado por toxinas produzidas por certas bactérias
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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