abrasivo
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
- êmbolo
êmbolo
34,782 corpus weight
- abrasivo
abrasivo
34,769 corpus weight
- acudir
acudir
34,765 corpus weight
- admiravelme…
admiravelmente
34,762 corpus weight
- afasia
afasia
34,759 corpus weight
- ahi
ahi
34,755 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “abrasivo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abrasivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “abrasivo” em português
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
- 1que produz abrasão, como uma lixa, por exemplo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abrasivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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