-ário
The verdict
“-ário” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sufixo formador de adjetivo derivado de substantivo
Corpus desk
Index PT-ario · -ário · Portuguese
-ário · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “-ário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
-ário is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for -ário in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is -ário, spelled --Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1sufixo formador de adjetivo derivado de substantivo
- 2um lugar associado com algo específico
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -ário appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partido: partidário.
Relicário, aquário, armamentário.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.