apetecível
/ɐ.pɨ.tɨ.ˈsi.vɛɫ/
The verdict
“apetecível” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,130 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,130
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que estimula o apetite
Corpus desk
Index PT-apetecivel · apetecível · Portuguese
apetecível · rank #57,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,130
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH apalpar
Nearest frequency peer: apalpar (-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 “apetecível”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- altivo
altivo
42,884 corpus weight
- ancoradouro
ancoradouro
42,878 corpus weight
- apalpar
apalpar
42,873 corpus weight
- apetecível
apetecível
42,871 corpus weight
- arquitectón…
arquitectónico
42,859 corpus weight
- arruaça
arruaça
42,856 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apetecível” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apetecível |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɨ.tɨ.ˈsi.vɛɫ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apetecível” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apetecível is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,130 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.pɨ.tɨ.ˈsi.vɛɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for apetecível, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is apetecível, spelled A-P-E-T-E-C-Í-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1que estimula o apetite
- 2que tem atrativo, agradável
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apetecível appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prato apetecível.
Tarefa pouco apetecível.
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.
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