deficitário
/dɨ.fɨ.si.ˈta.ɾju/
The verdict
“deficitário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,885 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,885
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que apresenta prejuízo
Corpus desk
Index PT-deficitario · deficitário · Portuguese
deficitário · rank #90,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,885
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH delon
Nearest frequency peer: delon (+4 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 “deficitário”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cátodo
cátodo
9,129 corpus weight
- danar
danar
9,127 corpus weight
- decepar
decepar
9,123 corpus weight
- deficitário
deficitário
9,116 corpus weight
- delon
delon
9,112 corpus weight
- desapropriar
desapropriar
9,106 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “deficitário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deficitário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɨ.fɨ.si.ˈta.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “deficitário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
deficitário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,885 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /dɨ.fɨ.si.ˈta.ɾju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que apresenta prejuízo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for deficitário, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is deficitário, spelled D-E-F-I-C-I-T-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1que apresenta prejuízo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how deficitário appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As empresas alegam que o sistema é deficitário em pelo menos R$ 46 milhões.
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).