sucker

noun

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The verdict

“sucker” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,804 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,804
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ramificação que se desenvolve a partir de raiz em base de uma planta e que tem potencial de constituir um vegetal com extrutura à parte autossuficiente em relação ao organismo originador

Key facts for sucker
PropertyValue
Headwordsucker
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sucker” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sucker lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sucker is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,804 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ramificação que se desenvolve a partir de raiz em base de uma planta e que tem potencial de constituir um vegetal com extrutura à parte autossuficiente em relação ao organismo originador".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sucker, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sucker, spelled S-U-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ramificação que se desenvolve a partir de raiz em base de uma planta e que tem potencial de constituir um vegetal com extrutura à parte autossuficiente em relação ao organismo originador

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sucker"?
"sucker" is spelled S-U-C-K-E-R.
What does "sucker" mean?
As a noun, "sucker" means: ramificação que se desenvolve a partir de raiz em base de uma planta e que tem potencial de constituir um vegetal com extrutura à parte autossuficiente em relação ao organismo originador
What language does "sucker" come from?
"sucker" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “sucker”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-C-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list