cateterismo
The verdict
“cateterismo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,573 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,573
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uso de cateter em medicina
Corpus desk
Index PT-cateterismo · cateterismo · Portuguese
cateterismo · rank #71,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,573
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cavernoso
Nearest frequency peer: cavernoso (+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 “cateterismo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bulk
bulk
28,445 corpus weight
- bóson
bóson
28,441 corpus weight
- cacife
cacife
28,439 corpus weight
- cateterismo
cateterismo
28,428 corpus weight
- cavernoso
cavernoso
28,426 corpus weight
- cicuta
cicuta
28,407 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cateterismo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cateterismo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cateterismo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cateterismo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,573 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "uso de cateter em medicina".
Zero misspellings are on record for cateterismo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cateterismo, spelled C-A-T-E-T-E-R-I-S-M-O.
Definition
- 1uso de cateter em medicina
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cateterismo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A ex-primeira-dama Ruth Cardoso foi submetida a um cateterismo ontem, antes de receber alta no fim da manhã do Hospital Sírio-Libanês, em São Paulo.
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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