vacatura

noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tempo durante o qual um cargo não está preenchido

Corpus desk

Index PT-vacatura · vacatura · Portuguese

vacatura · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for vacatura
PropertyValue
Headwordvacatura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “vacatura” em português

vacaturanão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

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

Rare enough to double-check

vacatura is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for vacatura in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is vacatura, spelled V-A-C-A-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    tempo durante o qual um cargo não está preenchido
  2. 2
    vacância

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aquele cavalheiro constrangia o Fidalgo - ansioso por desafogar com o Gouveiasobre « a vacatura política», assim inesperadamente aberta, no circulo de Vila Clara, pela brusca desaparição do chefe tradicional.

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 "vacatura"?
"vacatura" is spelled V-A-C-A-T-U-R-A.
What does "vacatura" mean?
As a noun, "vacatura" means: tempo durante o qual um cargo não está preenchido
What language does "vacatura" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list