subaquático
/su.bɐ.ˈkwa.ti.ku/
The verdict
“subaquático” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,880 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #51,880
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - embaixo da superfície da água
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subaquático |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /su.bɐ.ˈkwa.ti.ku/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “subaquático” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for subaquático is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /su.bɐ.ˈkwa.ti.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,880 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "embaixo da superfície da água".
No generated misspelling entries exist for subaquático in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 subaquático, spelled S-U-B-A-Q-U-Á-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1embaixo da superfície da água
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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Using “subaquático”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-B-A-Q-U-Á-T-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /su.bɐ.ˈkwa.ti.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.