toca-discos

noun

The verdict

“toca-discos” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aparelho eletrônico para tocar discos de vinil

Key facts for toca-discos
PropertyValue
Headwordtoca-discos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “toca-discos” sits in Portuguese frequency

toca-discos falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toca-discos is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aparelho eletrônico para tocar discos de vinil".

toca-discos has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is toca-discos, spelled T-O-C-A---D-I-S-C-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    aparelho eletrônico para tocar discos de vinil

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toca-discos"?
"toca-discos" is spelled T-O-C-A---D-I-S-C-O-S.
What does "toca-discos" mean?
As a noun, "toca-discos" means: aparelho eletrônico para tocar discos de vinil
What language does "toca-discos" come from?
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Using “toca-discos”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-C-A---D-I-S-C-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list