congestionado

adj

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The verdict

“congestionado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,018 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,018
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parado ou com velocidade de fluxo reduzida (em se falando do trânsito)

Key facts for congestionado
PropertyValue
Headwordcongestionado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,018
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “congestionado” 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). congestionado 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

congestionado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,018 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for congestionado in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is congestionado, spelled C-O-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    parado ou com velocidade de fluxo reduzida (em se falando do trânsito)
  2. 2
    com fluxo anormal de sangue
  3. 3
    rubro, afogueado
  4. 4
    com filetes vermelhos no olho

Synonyms

apopléticoconfusocongestoembaraçadorubro

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 "congestionado"?
"congestionado" is spelled C-O-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-D-O.
What does "congestionado" mean?
As an adjective, "congestionado" means: parado ou com velocidade de fluxo reduzida (em se falando do trânsito)
What language does "congestionado" come from?
"congestionado" 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 “congestionado”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-D-O - 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