clorofórmio

noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clorofórmio
PropertyValue
Headwordclorofórmio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “clorofórmio” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.clorofórmiocai 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: “chilique” (#57,199), “caridoso” (#57,190), “caprichar” (#57,189). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “clorofórmio” fica em #57,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. … deixou que lhe pusessem a máscara para o clorofórmio, sentiu que ia ficando leve, aéreo, imponderável.

Synonyms

triclorometano

This word in other languages

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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clorofórmio", 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