compostagem
The verdict
“compostagem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,052 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,052
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conjunto de técnicas aplicadas para controlar a decomposição de materiais orgânicos, com a finalidade de obter, no menor tempo possível, um material estável, rico em húmus e nutrientes minerais
Corpus desk
Index PT-compostagem · compostagem · Portuguese
compostagem · rank #62,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,052
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH consecução
Nearest frequency peer: consecução (+4 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 “compostagem”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- chavo
chavo
37,967 corpus weight
- coité
coité
37,954 corpus weight
- compostagem
compostagem
37,949 corpus weight
- consecução
consecução
37,945 corpus weight
- contrastar
contrastar
37,940 corpus weight
- copeiro
copeiro
37,936 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “compostagem” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compostagem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “compostagem” em português
Rare enough to double-check
compostagem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,052 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "conjunto de técnicas aplicadas para controlar a decomposição de materiais orgânicos, com a finalidade de obter, no menor tempo possível, um material estável, rico em húmus e nutrientes minerais".
No misspelling variants are generated for compostagem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 compostagem, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-A-G-E-M.
Definition
- 1conjunto de técnicas aplicadas para controlar a decomposição de materiais orgânicos, com a finalidade de obter, no menor tempo possível, um material estável, rico em húmus e nutrientes minerais
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how compostagem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As duas usinas de compostagem serão feitas no décimo ano - a previsão original é para que fossem feitas no sexto.
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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