afortunado

/ɐ.fuɾ.tu.ˈna.du/

//ɐ.fuɾ.tu.ˈna.du// adj

The verdict

“afortunado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,214 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,214
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele ou aquilo que tem fortuna

Corpus desk

Index PT-afortunado · afortunado · Portuguese

afortunado · rank #67,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,214
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alheira

Nearest frequency peer: alheira (+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 “afortunado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afortunado
PropertyValue
Headwordafortunado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ.fuɾ.tu.ˈna.du/
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,214
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “afortunado” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).afortunadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “alheira” (#67,223), “ambientar” (#67,229), “widow” (#67,194). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afortunado” fica em #67,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afortunado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,214 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.fuɾ.tu.ˈna.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for afortunado in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is afortunado, spelled A-F-O-R-T-U-N-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele ou aquilo que tem fortuna
  2. 2
    feliz

Synonyms

afortunosoricomilionáriotivermilhõesbilionáriotiverbilhõestrilionáriotivertrilhõesditosoventuroso

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 "afortunado"?
"afortunado" is spelled A-F-O-R-T-U-N-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.fuɾ.tu.ˈna.du/.
What does "afortunado" mean?
As an adjective, "afortunado" means: aquele ou aquilo que tem fortuna
How do you pronounce "afortunado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afortunado" is /ɐ.fuɾ.tu.ˈna.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afortunado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "afortunado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list