sovaco
/su.ˈva.ku/
The verdict
“sovaco” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,424 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,424
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte do corpo humano: é a parte inferior da junção entre braço e tronco
Corpus desk
Index PT-sovaco · sovaco · Portuguese
sovaco · rank #59,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,424
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sumamente
Nearest frequency peer: sumamente (+5 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 “sovaco”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- serro
serro
40,590 corpus weight
- shaman
shaman
40,586 corpus weight
- sovaco
sovaco
40,577 corpus weight
- sumamente
sumamente
40,572 corpus weight
- séquito
séquito
40,570 corpus weight
- tasca
tasca
40,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sovaco” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sovaco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /su.ˈva.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sovaco” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sovaco is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,424 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /su.ˈva.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "parte do corpo humano: é a parte inferior da junção entre braço e tronco".
Zero misspellings are on record for sovaco in our index, 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is sovaco, spelled S-O-V-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1parte do corpo humano: é a parte inferior da junção entre braço e tronco
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sovaco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O quadro de Pedro Américo, por exemplo, retratando a Proclamação da Independência, é comparado a “um anúncio de desodorante, com aqueles sujeitos levantando a espada para mostrar o sovaco”.
Synonyms
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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