vecchio
/ˈvɛkkjo/
The verdict
“vecchio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,394 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,394
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - velho, antigo, obsoleto
Corpus desk
Index PT-vecchio · vecchio · Portuguese
vecchio · rank #51,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,394
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH waffle
Nearest frequency peer: waffle (+6 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 “vecchio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tempestuoso
tempestuoso
48,631 corpus weight
- tide
tide
48,629 corpus weight
- vecchio
vecchio
48,607 corpus weight
- waffle
waffle
48,601 corpus weight
- ébano
ébano
48,591 corpus weight
- acreditação
acreditação
48,582 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vecchio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vecchio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvɛkkjo/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vecchio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vecchio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,394 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvɛkkjo/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "velho, antigo, obsoleto".
vecchio has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 vecchio, spelled V-E-C-C-H-I-O.
Definition
- 1velho, antigo, obsoleto
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.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).