vacatura
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacatura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vacatura” em português
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
- 1tempo durante o qual um cargo não está preenchido
- 2vacância
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vacatura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.