calejado

adj

The verdict

“calejado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,550 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,550
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem calos, calosidades

Corpus desk

Index PT-calejado · calejado · Portuguese

calejado · rank #94,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,550
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabriolet

Nearest frequency peer: cabriolet (-7 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 “calejado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “calejado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for calejado
PropertyValue
Headwordcalejado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,550
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “calejado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.calejadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “cabriolet” (#94,543), “candura” (#94,559), “caninha” (#94,560). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “calejado” fica em #94,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

calejado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,550 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for calejado, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is calejado, spelled C-A-L-E-J-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem calos, calosidades
  2. 2
    que tem experiência, prática; experimentado
  3. 3
    que se tornou endurecido, pouco sensível; empedernido

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how calejado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É um vendedor calejado.
  2. Era um indivíduo duro, calejado.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "calejado"?
"calejado" is spelled C-A-L-E-J-A-D-O.
What does "calejado" mean?
As an adjective, "calejado" means: que tem calos, calosidades
What language does "calejado" come from?
"calejado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "calejado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list