apelativo
/ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈti.vu/
The verdict
“apelativo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,963 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,963
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do nome que é comum aos indivíduos de uma espécie ou classe
Corpus desk
Index PT-apelativo · apelativo · Portuguese
apelativo · rank #51,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,963
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH angina
Nearest frequency peer: angina (-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 “apelativo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- amu
amu
48,045 corpus weight
- angina
angina
48,041 corpus weight
- apelativo
apelativo
48,038 corpus weight
- astigmatismo
astigmatismo
48,024 corpus weight
- atenuação
atenuação
48,022 corpus weight
- attention
attention
48,019 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apelativo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apelativo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈti.vu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apelativo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apelativo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,963 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈti.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apelativo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is apelativo, spelled A-P-E-L-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do nome que é comum aos indivíduos de uma espécie ou classe
- 2que desperta ou atrai atenção por exagero ou vivacidade; chamativo
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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