adágio
/ɐ.ˈda.ʒju/
The verdict
“adágio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,934 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,934
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sentença breve
Corpus desk
Index PT-adagio · adágio · Portuguese
adágio · rank #80,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,934
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH aeroplano
Nearest frequency peer: aeroplano (+1 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 “adágio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Acker
Acker
19,076 corpus weight
- adestrado
adestrado
19,074 corpus weight
- adutor
adutor
19,069 corpus weight
- adágio
adágio
19,067 corpus weight
- aeroplano
aeroplano
19,066 corpus weight
- afrontamento
afrontamento
19,064 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adágio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adágio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈda.ʒju/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “adágio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
adágio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,934 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ˈda.ʒju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for adágio in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is adágio, spelled A-D-Á-G-I-O.
Definition
- 1sentença breve
- 2ditado popular
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adágio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Papéis avulsos
O corriqueiro adágio que diz que o pior cego é aquele que não quer ver se aplica com perfeição à análise do tema em estudo.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).