apetitoso
/ɐ.pɨ.ti.ˈto.zu/
The verdict
“apetitoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,325 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,325
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que provoca o apetite
Corpus desk
Index PT-apetitoso · apetitoso · Portuguese
apetitoso · rank #58,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,325
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH arborizado
Nearest frequency peer: arborizado (+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 “apetitoso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Aljezur
Aljezur
41,689 corpus weight
- apetitoso
apetitoso
41,676 corpus weight
- arborizado
arborizado
41,673 corpus weight
- aspire
aspire
41,669 corpus weight
- Assíria
Assíria
41,665 corpus weight
- ateniense
ateniense
41,663 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apetitoso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apetitoso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɨ.ti.ˈto.zu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apetitoso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apetitoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,325 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.pɨ.ti.ˈto.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apetitoso, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apetitoso, spelled A-P-E-T-I-T-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1que provoca o apetite
- 2que se faz desejar
- 3gostoso; tentador; provocante
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how apetitoso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«O cheiro do bolo acabado de fazer era tão apetitoso que todos em casa queriam provar uma fatia.»
This word in other languages
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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