absorto
The verdict
“absorto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,776 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,776
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - absorvido, envolto ou concentrado na contemplação de algo
Corpus desk
Index PT-absorto · absorto · Portuguese
absorto · rank #81,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,776
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH afligir
Nearest frequency peer: afligir (+9 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 “absorto”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vexatório
vexatório
18,259 corpus weight
- absorto
absorto
18,225 corpus weight
- afligir
afligir
18,216 corpus weight
- aniquilamen…
aniquilamento
18,189 corpus weight
- argiloso
argiloso
18,175 corpus weight
- arrojo
arrojo
18,168 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “absorto” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absorto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “absorto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
absorto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,776 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for absorto in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is absorto, spelled A-B-S-O-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1absorvido, envolto ou concentrado na contemplação de algo
- 2alienado; distraído ensimesmado
- 3extasiado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how absorto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No restaurante, fiquei com o bilhete na mão, absorto.
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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