ultrassonografia

noun

The verdict

“ultrassonografia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,056 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,056
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - método que aproveita o eco produzido por ultrassom para observar, em tempo real, as estruturas e órgãos do organismo

Corpus desk

Index PT-ultrassonografia · ultrassonografia · Portuguese

ultrassonografia · rank #57,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,056
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH verter

Nearest frequency peer: verter (+8 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ultrassonografia”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ultrassonografia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ultrassonografia
PropertyValue
Headwordultrassonografia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Frequency rank#57,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ultrassonografia” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).ultrassonografiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “verter” (#57,064), “travagem” (#57,047), “trapacear” (#57,046). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “ultrassonografia” fica em #57,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ultrassonografia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,056 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "método que aproveita o eco produzido por ultrassom para observar, em tempo real, as estruturas e órgãos do organismo".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ultrassonografia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ultrassonografia, spelled U-L-T-R-A-S-S-O-N-O-G-R-A-F-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    método que aproveita o eco produzido por ultrassom para observar, em tempo real, as estruturas e órgãos do organismo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ultrassonografia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «A médica solicitou uma ultrassonografia abdominal para avaliar a condição do fígado e dos rins do paciente.»

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ultrassonografia"?
"ultrassonografia" is spelled U-L-T-R-A-S-S-O-N-O-G-R-A-F-I-A.
What does "ultrassonografia" mean?
As a noun, "ultrassonografia" means: método que aproveita o eco produzido por ultrassom para observar, em tempo real, as estruturas e órgãos do organismo
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ultrassonografia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list