silenciador
/si.lẽ.sjɐ.ˈdoɾ/
The verdict
“silenciador” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,346 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,346
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dispositivo que diminui a velocidade com que os gases produzidos pela explosão da pólvora são expelidos do cano da arma, diminuindo assim o som do disparo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silenciador |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /si.lẽ.sjɐ.ˈdoɾ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “silenciador” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for silenciador is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /si.lẽ.sjɐ.ˈdoɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,346 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dispositivo que diminui a velocidade com que os gases produzidos pela explosão da pólvora são expelidos do cano da arma, diminuindo assim o som do disparo".
Zero misspellings are on record for silenciador in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is silenciador, spelled S-I-L-E-N-C-I-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1dispositivo que diminui a velocidade com que os gases produzidos pela explosão da pólvora são expelidos do cano da arma, diminuindo assim o som do disparo
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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 “silenciador”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-L-E-N-C-I-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /si.lẽ.sjɐ.ˈdoɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.