abaixado

/a.baj.ˈʃa.du/

//a.baj.ˈʃa.du// adj

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The verdict

“abaixado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,193 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,193
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que sofreu do ato de abaixar

Corpus desk

Index PT-abaixado · abaixado · Portuguese

abaixado · rank #54,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH été

Nearest frequency peer: été (-4 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 “abaixado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abaixado
PropertyValue
Headwordabaixado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/a.baj.ˈʃa.du/
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “abaixado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.abaixadocai 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: “été” (#54,189), “acrobata” (#54,198), “Wicca” (#54,184). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “abaixado” fica em #54,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abaixado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,193 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /a.baj.ˈʃa.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abaixado, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is abaixado, spelled A-B-A-I-X-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que sofreu do ato de abaixar
  2. 2
    humilhado

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 "abaixado"?
"abaixado" is spelled A-B-A-I-X-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.baj.ˈʃa.du/.
What does "abaixado" mean?
As an adjective, "abaixado" means: que sofreu do ato de abaixar
How do you pronounce "abaixado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abaixado" is /a.baj.ˈʃa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abaixado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

acrobata#54,198suplício#54,141bucetuda#54,276carranca#54,285

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list