centígrado
/sẽ.ˈti.ɡɾɐ.du/
The verdict
“centígrado” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que mede cem graus, como os de temperatura, por exemplo
Corpus desk
Index PT-centigrado · centígrado · Portuguese
centígrado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centígrado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sẽ.ˈti.ɡɾɐ.du/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “centígrado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
centígrado is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /sẽ.ˈti.ɡɾɐ.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que mede cem graus, como os de temperatura, por exemplo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for centígrado, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is centígrado, spelled C-E-N-T-Í-G-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que mede cem graus, como os de temperatura, por exemplo
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.