cosmético
/koʒ.ˈmɛ.ʧi.ku/, /koz.ˈmɛ.ʧi.ku/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“cosmético” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,744 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,744
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem a função de conservar ou melhorar a aparência da pele ou dos cabelos
Corpus desk
Index PT-cosmetico · cosmético · Portuguese
cosmético · rank #62,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,744
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH coronárias
Nearest frequency peer: coronárias (-5 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 “cosmético”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- conduct
conduct
37,277 corpus weight
- contista
contista
37,267 corpus weight
- coronárias
coronárias
37,262 corpus weight
- cosmético
cosmético
37,257 corpus weight
- cromossoma
cromossoma
37,247 corpus weight
- customizar
customizar
37,241 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cosmético” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosmético |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /koʒ.ˈmɛ.ʧi.ku/, /koz.ˈmɛ.ʧi.ku/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cosmético” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cosmético is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,744 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /koʒ.ˈmɛ.ʧi.ku/, /koz.ˈmɛ.ʧi.ku/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem a função de conservar ou melhorar a aparência da pele ou dos cabelos".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cosmético in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cosmético, spelled C-O-S-M-É-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1que tem a função de conservar ou melhorar a aparência da pele ou dos cabelos
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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