vernáculo
/vɨɾ.ˈna.ku.lu/
The verdict
“vernáculo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,282 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,282
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nacional, próprio de um país:
Corpus desk
Index PT-vernaculo · vernáculo · Portuguese
vernáculo · rank #61,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,282
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH violentar
Nearest frequency peer: violentar (+3 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 “vernáculo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- tama
tama
38,749 corpus weight
- torrencial
torrencial
38,738 corpus weight
- transdutor
transdutor
38,735 corpus weight
- vacância
vacância
38,725 corpus weight
- vernáculo
vernáculo
38,719 corpus weight
- violentar
violentar
38,716 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “vernáculo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vernáculo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vɨɾ.ˈna.ku.lu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “vernáculo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
vernáculo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,282 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /vɨɾ.ˈna.ku.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vernáculo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is vernáculo, spelled V-E-R-N-Á-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1nacional, próprio de um país:
- 2que segue o classicismo, oposto à entrada de estrangeirismos:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vernáculo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A missa deixou de ser dita em latim, passou a ser em vernáculo.
A linguagem vernácula parece tão viva como uma múmia: serve para ser estudada.
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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