coadjutor

noun

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The verdict

“coadjutor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,042 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,042
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ajudante, auxiliar, adjunto

Key facts for coadjutor
PropertyValue
Headwordcoadjutor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,042
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coadjutor” 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). coadjutor 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

coadjutor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,042 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ajudante, auxiliar, adjunto".

coadjutor has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is coadjutor, spelled C-O-A-D-J-U-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ajudante, auxiliar, adjunto

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 "coadjutor"?
"coadjutor" is spelled C-O-A-D-J-U-T-O-R.
What does "coadjutor" mean?
As a noun, "coadjutor" means: ajudante, auxiliar, adjunto
What language does "coadjutor" come from?
"coadjutor" 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 “coadjutor”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-A-D-J-U-T-O-R - 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