alfabético

adj

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The verdict

“alfabético” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #79,299 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#79,299
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo ao alfabeto; que está listado ou classificado segundo a ordem das letras no alfabeto

Key facts for alfabético
PropertyValue
Headwordalfabético
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#79,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “alfabético” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). alfabético lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for alfabético is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #79,299 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "relativo ao alfabeto; que está listado ou classificado segundo a ordem das letras no alfabeto".

No generated misspelling entries exist for alfabético in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is alfabético, spelled A-L-F-A-B-É-T-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ao alfabeto; que está listado ou classificado segundo a ordem das letras no alfabeto

This word in other languages

alphabetic(English)alfabético(Español)alphabétique(Français)

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 "alfabético"?
"alfabético" is spelled A-L-F-A-B-É-T-I-C-O.
What does "alfabético" mean?
As an adjective, "alfabético" means: relativo ao alfabeto; que está listado ou classificado segundo a ordem das letras no alfabeto
What language does "alfabético" come from?
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Using “alfabético”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-L-F-A-B-É-T-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list