amorfo
/ɐ.ˈmɔɾ.fu/
The verdict
“amorfo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #87,031 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,031
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sem forma definida, sem estrutura
Corpus desk
Index PT-amorfo · amorfo · Portuguese
amorfo · rank #87,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,031
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH andrógino
Nearest frequency peer: andrógino (+3 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 “amorfo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aguilhão
aguilhão
12,988 corpus weight
- alienista
alienista
12,981 corpus weight
- alucinar
alucinar
12,977 corpus weight
- amorfo
amorfo
12,970 corpus weight
- andrógino
andrógino
12,967 corpus weight
- Anglia
Anglia
12,965 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “amorfo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amorfo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈmɔɾ.fu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amorfo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amorfo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #87,031 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.ˈmɔɾ.fu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amorfo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is amorfo, spelled A-M-O-R-F-O.
Definition
- 1sem forma definida, sem estrutura
- 2sólido que não possui estrutura cristalina
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amorfo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O silício amorfo é usado na fabricação de componentes eletrônicos semicondutores.
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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