adverso
/ɐ.dˈvɛɾ.su/
The verdict
“adverso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,871 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,871
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oposto
Corpus desk
Index PT-adverso · adverso · Portuguese
adverso · rank #50,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,871
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH additional
Nearest frequency peer: additional (-5 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 “adverso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- waka
waka
49,155 corpus weight
- acoplar
acoplar
49,136 corpus weight
- additional
additional
49,135 corpus weight
- adverso
adverso
49,130 corpus weight
- apimentar
apimentar
49,113 corpus weight
- ardil
ardil
49,108 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adverso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adverso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.dˈvɛɾ.su/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “adverso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
adverso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,871 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.dˈvɛɾ.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
adverso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is adverso, spelled A-D-V-E-R-S-O.
Definition
- 1oposto
- 2contrário
Synonyms
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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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