comerciário

/ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ/

//ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ// adj

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The verdict

“comerciário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,071 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,071
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo a comércio ou a quem se dedica ao comércio, como empregado ou empregador

Key facts for comerciário
PropertyValue
Headwordcomerciário
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#73,071
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “comerciário” 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). comerciário 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

comerciário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,071 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo a comércio ou a quem se dedica ao comércio, como empregado ou empregador".

Zero misspellings are on record for comerciário in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is comerciário, spelled C-O-M-E-R-C-I-Á-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a comércio ou a quem se dedica ao comércio, como empregado ou empregador

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 "comerciário"?
"comerciário" is spelled C-O-M-E-R-C-I-Á-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ/.
What does "comerciário" mean?
As an adjective, "comerciário" means: relativo a comércio ou a quem se dedica ao comércio, como empregado ou empregador
How do you pronounce "comerciário"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comerciário" is /ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comerciário" come from?
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Using “comerciário”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-M-E-R-C-I-Á-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ko.mɛɾ.si.ˈa.ɾjʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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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