clorofórmio
The verdict
“clorofórmio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,204 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,204
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - líquido incolor, de cheiro caraterístico e forte, antigamente usado em medicina como anestésico, geralmente por inalação:
Corpus desk
Index PT-cloroformio · clorofórmio · Portuguese
clorofórmio · rank #57,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,204
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH chilique
Nearest frequency peer: chilique (-5 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 “clorofórmio”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cabível
cabível
42,821 corpus weight
- caprichar
caprichar
42,812 corpus weight
- caridoso
caridoso
42,811 corpus weight
- chilique
chilique
42,802 corpus weight
- clorofórmio
clorofórmio
42,797 corpus weight
- constrição
constrição
42,780 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “clorofórmio” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clorofórmio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #57,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “clorofórmio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
clorofórmio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,204 among 2,140 “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
- 1líquido incolor, de cheiro caraterístico e forte, antigamente usado em medicina como anestésico, geralmente por inalação:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clorofórmio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… deixou que lhe pusessem a máscara para o clorofórmio, sentiu que ia ficando leve, aéreo, imponderável.
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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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