supercomputador
The verdict
“supercomputador” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,863 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,863
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - computador de grande capacidade de processamento, sobretudo para cálculo numérico
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supercomputador |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #61,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “supercomputador” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
supercomputador is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,863 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "computador de grande capacidade de processamento, sobretudo para cálculo numérico".
supercomputador has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is supercomputador, spelled S-U-P-E-R-C-O-M-P-U-T-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1computador de grande capacidade de processamento, sobretudo para cálculo numérico
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 “supercomputador”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-P-E-R-C-O-M-P-U-T-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.