adornado

adj

The verdict

“adornado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,575 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,575
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adornado¹

Corpus desk

Index PT-adornado · adornado · Portuguese

adornado · rank #68,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,575
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aeróbico

Nearest frequency peer: aeróbico (+2 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 “adornado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adornado
PropertyValue
Headwordadornado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “adornado” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).adornadocai 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: “aeróbico” (#68,577), “aconchegar” (#68,572), “acata” (#68,569). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adornado” fica em #68,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adornado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,575 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for adornado in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 adornado, spelled A-D-O-R-N-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    adornado¹
  2. 2
    adornado¹
  3. 3
    adornado¹
  4. 4
    adornado¹
  5. 5
    adornado²
  6. 6
    adornado²

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fotos antigas mostram seu interior adornado com ouro e o exterior com azulejos portugueses.

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 "adornado"?
"adornado" is spelled A-D-O-R-N-A-D-O.
What does "adornado" mean?
As an adjective, "adornado" means: adornado¹
What language does "adornado" come from?
"adornado" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adornado", 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