compostagem

noun

The verdict

“compostagem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,052 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,052
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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

Key facts for compostagem
PropertyValue
Headwordcompostagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#62,052
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “compostagem” 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). compostagem 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

compostagem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,052 among 3,948 “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

  1. 1
    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

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 "compostagem"?
"compostagem" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-A-G-E-M.
What does "compostagem" mean?
As a noun, "compostagem" means: 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
What language does "compostagem" come from?
"compostagem" 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 “compostagem”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-M-P-O-S-T-A-G-E-M - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list