celibatário

adj

The verdict

“celibatário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,779 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,779
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que vive em celibato; que opta por não casar ou manter relação conjugal

Corpus desk

Index PT-celibatario · celibatário · Portuguese

celibatário · rank #77,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,779
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cay

Nearest frequency peer: cay (-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 “celibatário”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for celibatário
PropertyValue
Headwordcelibatário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,779
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “celibatário” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).celibatáriocai 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: “cay” (#77,776), “categórico” (#77,775), “caramuru” (#77,771). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “celibatário” fica em #77,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

celibatário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,779 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for celibatário, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is celibatário, spelled C-E-L-I-B-A-T-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que vive em celibato; que opta por não casar ou manter relação conjugal
  2. 2
    relativo à pessoa que se abstém de vida sexual ou casamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ele adotou um estilo de vida celibatário por convicção religiosa
  2. A comunidade celibatária seguia regras rígidas de conduta

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 "celibatário"?
"celibatário" is spelled C-E-L-I-B-A-T-Á-R-I-O.
What does "celibatário" mean?
As an adjective, "celibatário" means: que vive em celibato; que opta por não casar ou manter relação conjugal
What language does "celibatário" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list