vec

/vet͡s/

//vet͡s// noun

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The verdict

“vec” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,620 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,620
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coisa

Corpus desk

Index PT-vec · vec · Portuguese

vec · rank #77,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,620
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH vindima

Nearest frequency peer: vindima (+5 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 “vec”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vec
PropertyValue
Headwordvec
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vet͡s/
Letters3
Frequency rank#77,620
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “vec” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “vindima” (#77,625), “zangão” (#77,640), “transcorrer” (#77,595). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vec” fica em #77,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vec is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,620 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vet͡s/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for vec in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is vec, spelled V-E-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    coisa
  2. 2
    assunto

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 "vec"?
"vec" is spelled V-E-C. The IPA pronunciation is /vet͡s/.
What does "vec" mean?
As a noun, "vec" means: coisa
How do you pronounce "vec"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vec" is /vet͡s/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vec" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cay#77,776oka#77,395nhô#78,156ocr#78,168

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list