socket
/ˈsɒkɪt/
The verdict
“socket” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,476 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,476
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - soquete, tomada
Corpus desk
Index PT-socket · socket · Portuguese
socket · rank #68,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,476
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH solidamente
Nearest frequency peer: solidamente (+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 “socket”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- rubor
rubor
31,556 corpus weight
- socket
socket
31,525 corpus weight
- solidamente
solidamente
31,524 corpus weight
- subdesenvol…
subdesenvolvido
31,518 corpus weight
- tauromaquia
tauromaquia
31,501 corpus weight
- teclar
teclar
31,499 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “socket” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | socket |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɒkɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “socket” em português
Rare enough to double-check
socket is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,476 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɒkɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for socket in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 socket, spelled S-O-C-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1soquete, tomada
- 2cavidade
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).