vasectomia

/vɐ.zɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/

//vɐ.zɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“vasectomia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,692 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,692
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - excisão do vaso deferente ou de uma parte dele para induzir a esterilidade no homem

Corpus desk

Index PT-vasectomia · vasectomia · Portuguese

vasectomia · rank #60,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,692
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vampirismo

Nearest frequency peer: vampirismo (-1 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 “vasectomia”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vasectomia
PropertyValue
Headwordvasectomia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɐ.zɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “vasectomia” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.vasectomiacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “vampirismo” (#60,691), “velocímetro” (#60,693), “tunisino” (#60,685). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vasectomia” fica em #60,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vasectomia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,692 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɐ.zɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "excisão do vaso deferente ou de uma parte dele para induzir a esterilidade no homem".

vasectomia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is vasectomia, spelled V-A-S-E-C-T-O-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    excisão do vaso deferente ou de uma parte dele para induzir a esterilidade no homem

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 "vasectomia"?
"vasectomia" is spelled V-A-S-E-C-T-O-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /vɐ.zɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/.
What does "vasectomia" mean?
As a noun, "vasectomia" means: excisão do vaso deferente ou de uma parte dele para induzir a esterilidade no homem
How do you pronounce "vasectomia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vasectomia" is /vɐ.zɛk.tu.ˈmi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vasectomia" come from?
"vasectomia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list