abrasivo

adj

The verdict

“abrasivo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,232 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,232
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que produz abrasão, como uma lixa, por exemplo

Corpus desk

Index PT-abrasivo · abrasivo · Portuguese

abrasivo · rank #65,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,232
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH acudir

Nearest frequency peer: acudir (+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 “abrasivo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abrasivo
PropertyValue
Headwordabrasivo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “abrasivo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).abrasivocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “acudir” (#65,236), “admiravelmente” (#65,239), “afasia” (#65,242). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “abrasivo” fica em #65,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abrasivo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,232 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que produz abrasão, como uma lixa, por exemplo".

No misspelling variants are generated for abrasivo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is abrasivo, spelled A-B-R-A-S-I-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que produz abrasão, como uma lixa, por exemplo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how abrasivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Na fábrica principal, com 900 empregados, enormes máquinas de lavar sacodem o jeans com pedras-pomes; trabalhadores de máscara enfiam as pernas das calças em balões inflados, que então passam, como robôs, entre escovas de plástico abrasivo que friccionam o denim para lhe dar uma aparência gasta.

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 "abrasivo"?
"abrasivo" is spelled A-B-R-A-S-I-V-O.
What does "abrasivo" mean?
As an adjective, "abrasivo" means: que produz abrasão, como uma lixa, por exemplo
What language does "abrasivo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list