adsorção
The verdict
“adsorção” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,944 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,944
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adesão de moléculas de um fluido (o adsorvido) a uma superfície sólida (o adsorvente)
Corpus desk
Index PT-adsorcao · adsorção · Portuguese
adsorção · rank #63,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,944
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH adoidado
Nearest frequency peer: adoidado (-3 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 “adsorção”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- adoidado
adoidado
36,060 corpus weight
- adsorção
adsorção
36,057 corpus weight
- airplane
airplane
36,048 corpus weight
- amaciar
amaciar
36,040 corpus weight
- amarelar
amarelar
36,036 corpus weight
- amortecer
amortecer
36,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adsorção” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adsorção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “adsorção” em português
Rare enough to double-check
adsorção is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,944 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "adesão de moléculas de um fluido (o adsorvido) a uma superfície sólida (o adsorvente)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for adsorção in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is adsorção, spelled A-D-S-O-R-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1adesão de moléculas de um fluido (o adsorvido) a uma superfície sólida (o adsorvente)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adsorção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"No solo, a matéria orgânica (MO) é o componente mais importante na retenção de pesticidas não iônicos, pois quanto maior a quantidade de matéria orgânica maior a capacidade de adsorção pelos solos, diminuindo portanto a lixiviação dos pesticidas adsorvidos, principalmente para os não iônicos (LUCHINI, 1995)."
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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