urucum
/u.ɾuˈkũ/
The verdict
“urucum” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,860 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,860
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore (Bixa orellana) nativa das zonas tropicais da América do Sul até o México ao norte, endêmica e bastante disseminada no Brasil; o mesmo que urucuzeiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-urucum · urucum · Portuguese
urucum · rank #72,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,860
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH vagabundagem
Nearest frequency peer: vagabundagem (+2 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 “urucum”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- translator
translator
27,160 corpus weight
- tusa
tusa
27,153 corpus weight
- typhoon
typhoon
27,149 corpus weight
- urucum
urucum
27,141 corpus weight
- vagabundagem
vagabundagem
27,139 corpus weight
- videojogo
videojogo
27,129 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “urucum” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | urucum |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /u.ɾuˈkũ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “urucum” em português
Rare enough to double-check
urucum is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,860 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /u.ɾuˈkũ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for urucum in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is urucum, spelled U-R-U-C-U-M.
Definition
- 1árvore (Bixa orellana) nativa das zonas tropicais da América do Sul até o México ao norte, endêmica e bastante disseminada no Brasil; o mesmo que urucuzeiro
- 2corante vermelho obtido de sementes secas e trituradas do urucum para uso culinário ou cosmético, tanto doméstico quanto industrial
- 3um dos nomes pelos quais é conhecida a cobra Bothrops alternatus, o mesmo que urutu
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how urucum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas a moça atirou a quenquém longe. Então Macunaíma virou num pé de urucum. A linda Iriqui riu, colheu as sementes se faceirou toda pintando a cara.
Synonyms
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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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