custoso
/kuʃ.ˈto.zu/
The verdict
“custoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,652 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,652
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - trabalhoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-custoso · custoso · Portuguese
custoso · rank #59,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,652
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH defensivamente
Nearest frequency peer: defensivamente (+6 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 “custoso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- computadori…
computadorizado
40,366 corpus weight
- conciso
conciso
40,365 corpus weight
- custoso
custoso
40,349 corpus weight
- defensivame…
defensivamente
40,343 corpus weight
- deferência
deferência
40,342 corpus weight
- dinamizar
dinamizar
40,329 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “custoso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | custoso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kuʃ.ˈto.zu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “custoso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
custoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,652 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kuʃ.ˈto.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
custoso doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is custoso, spelled C-U-S-T-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1trabalhoso
- 2caro
- 3difícil
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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