usucapião

Name: usucapião, Portuguese Word Data
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/ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw/

//ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“usucapião” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,521 among 345 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,521
frequency rank, Portuguese: 345
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - direito de adquirir a propriedade de um bem pelo seu uso continuado durante certo lapso de tempo:

Key facts for usucapião
Property	Value
Headword	usucapião
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#82,521
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “usucapião” 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). usucapião lands here:

#82,521

#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

usucapião is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,521 among 345 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "direito de adquirir a propriedade de um bem pelo seu uso continuado durante certo lapso de tempo:".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for usucapião, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is usucapião, spelled U-S-U-C-A-P-I-Ã-O.

Definition

1
direito de adquirir a propriedade de um bem pelo seu uso continuado durante certo lapso de tempo:

This word in other languages

usucaption(English)usucapión(Español)usucapion(Français)Ersitzung(Deutsch)

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 "usucapião"?

"usucapião" is spelled U-S-U-C-A-P-I-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw/.

What does "usucapião" mean?

As a noun, "usucapião" means: direito de adquirir a propriedade de um bem pelo seu uso continuado durante certo lapso de tempo:

How do you pronounce "usucapião"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "usucapião" is /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "usucapião" come from?

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Using “usucapião”

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

The one correct Portuguese spelling is U-S-U-C-A-P-I-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.pɪ.ˈãw/, /ʊ.zʊ.kɐ.ˈpjãw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.