taciturno
/tɐ.si.ˈtuɾ.nu/
The verdict
“taciturno” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #78,352 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #78,352
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de poucas palavras
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taciturno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tɐ.si.ˈtuɾ.nu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taciturno” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for taciturno is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɐ.si.ˈtuɾ.nu/. Corpus data places it at rank #78,352 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for taciturno in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 taciturno, spelled T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1de poucas palavras
- 2tristonho
- 3soturno (lugar)
- 4membro de antiga seita de anabatistas que impunha a obrigação do silêncio
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 “taciturno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɐ.si.ˈtuɾ.nu/ (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.