congestionado

adj

The verdict

“congestionado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,018 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,018
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parado ou com velocidade de fluxo reduzida (em se falando do trânsito)

Corpus desk

Index PT-congestionado · congestionado · Portuguese

congestionado · rank #56,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,018
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH contraceptivo

Nearest frequency peer: contraceptivo (+3 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 “congestionado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “congestionado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for congestionado
PropertyValue
Headwordcongestionado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,018
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “congestionado” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).congestionadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “contraceptivo” (#56,021), “coronha” (#56,026), “cocada” (#56,007). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “congestionado” fica em #56,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

congestionado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,018 among 2,140 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how congestionado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mesmo com a retirada do veículo, na altura do quilômetro 15, o tráfego no local continua congestionado, segundo a Autoban.
  2. A paciente estava congestionada, e por isso foi preciso retirar seu útero.

Synonyms

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "congestionado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list