arretado
/a.χe.ˈta.du/
The verdict
“arretado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,417 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,417
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vendido com a condição de poder (o antigo dono) tornar a reaver o que vendeu
Corpus desk
Index PT-arretado · arretado · Portuguese
arretado · rank #97,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,417
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH arto
Nearest frequency peer: arto (+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 “arretado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- albedo
albedo
2,610 corpus weight
- algibeira
algibeira
2,607 corpus weight
- arretado
arretado
2,584 corpus weight
- arto
arto
2,582 corpus weight
- babau
babau
2,565 corpus weight
- basement
basement
2,554 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arretado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arretado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a.χe.ˈta.du/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “arretado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
arretado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,417 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /a.χe.ˈta.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arretado, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is arretado, spelled A-R-R-E-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1vendido com a condição de poder (o antigo dono) tornar a reaver o que vendeu
- 2sustado
- 3obrigado a voltar para trás
- 4de boa qualidade:
- 5muito irritado:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arretado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eta comida arretada!
Nem fale comigo que hoje eu estou arretado.
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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