colérico
/ku.ˈlɛ.ɾi.ku/
The verdict
“colérico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,734 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,734
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cheio de cólera
Corpus desk
Index PT-colerico · colérico · Portuguese
colérico · rank #91,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,734
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH coxão
Nearest frequency peer: coxão (+23 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 “colérico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- capar
capar
8,315 corpus weight
- colérico
colérico
8,267 corpus weight
- coxão
coxão
8,244 corpus weight
- desbotar
desbotar
8,210 corpus weight
- desdentado
desdentado
8,208 corpus weight
- despojar
despojar
8,200 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “colérico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colérico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ku.ˈlɛ.ɾi.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “colérico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
colérico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,734 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ku.ˈlɛ.ɾi.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colérico, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is colérico, spelled C-O-L-É-R-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1cheio de cólera
- 2indignado
- 3propenso à cólera
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how colérico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«O treinador, sempre colérico após uma derrota, criticou abertamente a arbitragem na conferência de imprensa.»
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.
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