suricato

noun

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The verdict

“suricato” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,345 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,345
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mamífero carnívoro da família Herpestidae, de nome científico Suricata suricatta, único representante do gênero Suricata, nativo do sul da África, conhecido pelo comportamento social e pela postura...

Key facts for suricato
PropertyValue
Headwordsuricato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “suricato” 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). suricato 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

suricato is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,345 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mamífero carnívoro da família Herpestidae, de nome científico Suricata suricatta, único representante do gênero Suricata, nativo do sul da África, conhecido pelo comportamento social e pela postura...".

No misspelling variants are generated for suricato in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is suricato, spelled S-U-R-I-C-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mamífero carnívoro da família Herpestidae, de nome científico Suricata suricatta, único representante do gênero Suricata, nativo do sul da África, conhecido pelo comportamento social e pela postura ereta ao vigiar o ambiente.

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 "suricato"?
"suricato" is spelled S-U-R-I-C-A-T-O.
What does "suricato" mean?
As a noun, "suricato" means: mamífero carnívoro da família Herpestidae, de nome científico Suricata suricatta, único representante do gênero Suricata, nativo do sul da África, conhecido pelo comportamento social e pela postura...
What language does "suricato" come from?
"suricato" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “suricato”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-R-I-C-A-T-O - 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