clorofórmio

noun

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The verdict

“clorofórmio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,204 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,204
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - líquido incolor, de cheiro caraterístico e forte, antigamente usado em medicina como anestésico, geralmente por inalação:

Key facts for clorofórmio
PropertyValue
Headwordclorofórmio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “clorofórmio” 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). clorofórmio lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clorofórmio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,204 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "líquido incolor, de cheiro caraterístico e forte, antigamente usado em medicina como anestésico, geralmente por inalação:".

No generated misspelling entries exist for clorofórmio in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is clorofórmio, spelled C-L-O-R-O-F-Ó-R-M-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    líquido incolor, de cheiro caraterístico e forte, antigamente usado em medicina como anestésico, geralmente por inalação:

Synonyms

triclorometano

This word in other languages

chloroform(English)cloroformo(Español)chloroforme(Français)Chloroform(Deutsch)

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 "clorofórmio"?
"clorofórmio" is spelled C-L-O-R-O-F-Ó-R-M-I-O.
What does "clorofórmio" mean?
As a noun, "clorofórmio" means: líquido incolor, de cheiro caraterístico e forte, antigamente usado em medicina como anestésico, geralmente por inalação:
What language does "clorofórmio" come from?
"clorofórmio" 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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Using “clorofórmio”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-L-O-R-O-F-Ó-R-M-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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list