celibatário

adj

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The verdict

“celibatário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,779 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,779
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que vive em celibato; que opta por não casar ou manter relação conjugal

Key facts for celibatário
PropertyValue
Headwordcelibatário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,779
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “celibatário” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). celibatário lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

celibatário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,779 among 3,948 “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

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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Using “celibatário”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-E-L-I-B-A-T-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list