asbesto
The verdict
“asbesto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,349 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,349
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - silicato anfibólio e fibroso, cuja variedade mais pura é o amianto
Corpus desk
Index PT-asbesto · asbesto · Portuguese
asbesto · rank #69,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,349
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH assertiva
Nearest frequency peer: assertiva (+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 “asbesto”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- antissemita
antissemita
30,668 corpus weight
- ardência
ardência
30,658 corpus weight
- asbesto
asbesto
30,652 corpus weight
- assertiva
assertiva
30,649 corpus weight
- assiduidade
assiduidade
30,648 corpus weight
- autorretrato
autorretrato
30,638 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “asbesto” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asbesto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “asbesto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
asbesto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,349 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "silicato anfibólio e fibroso, cuja variedade mais pura é o amianto".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for asbesto, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 asbesto, spelled A-S-B-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1silicato anfibólio e fibroso, cuja variedade mais pura é o amianto
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how asbesto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O uso da PFF3 é recomendado, por exemplo, em alguns casos de exposição a asbesto (amianto) e sílica.
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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