ambidestro
/ɐ̃.bi.ˈdɛʃ.tɾu/
The verdict
“ambidestro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,486 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,486
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que habilmente utiliza ambas as mãos
Corpus desk
Index PT-ambidestro · ambidestro · Portuguese
ambidestro · rank #71,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,486
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH amaranto
Nearest frequency peer: amaranto (-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 “ambidestro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- alvejar
alvejar
28,518 corpus weight
- amaranto
amaranto
28,517 corpus weight
- ambidestro
ambidestro
28,515 corpus weight
- ancient
ancient
28,512 corpus weight
- apartar
apartar
28,509 corpus weight
- argônio
argônio
28,505 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ambidestro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambidestro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ̃.bi.ˈdɛʃ.tɾu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ambidestro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ambidestro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,486 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ̃.bi.ˈdɛʃ.tɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ambidestro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ambidestro, spelled A-M-B-I-D-E-S-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1que habilmente utiliza ambas as mãos
- 2que defende os dois lados de uma questão
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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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