afrouxamento

/ɐ.fɾow.ʃɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/

//ɐ.fɾow.ʃɐ.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

The verdict

“afrouxamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,417 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,417
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de afrouxar; relaxamento

Corpus desk

Index PT-afrouxamento · afrouxamento · Portuguese

afrouxamento · rank #94,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,417
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH Agamemnon

Nearest frequency peer: Agamemnon (+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 “afrouxamento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for afrouxamento
PropertyValue
Headwordafrouxamento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.fɾow.ʃɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters12
Frequency rank#94,417
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “afrouxamento” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).afrouxamentocai 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: “Agamemnon” (#94,419), “aguar” (#94,424), “ajuizar” (#94,427). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afrouxamento” fica em #94,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

afrouxamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,417 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.fɾow.ʃɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for afrouxamento in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is afrouxamento, spelled A-F-R-O-U-X-A-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de afrouxar; relaxamento
  2. 2
    diminuição da energia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O afrouxamento do zelo, do ardor.

Synonyms

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 "afrouxamento"?
"afrouxamento" is spelled A-F-R-O-U-X-A-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.fɾow.ʃɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "afrouxamento" mean?
As a noun, "afrouxamento" means: ato ou efeito de afrouxar; relaxamento
How do you pronounce "afrouxamento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afrouxamento" is /ɐ.fɾow.ʃɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list