estarrecido

adj

The verdict

“estarrecido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,467 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,467
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se estarreceu; perplexo, espantado; horrorizado, aterrado

Corpus desk

Index PT-estarrecido · estarrecido · Portuguese

estarrecido · rank #67,467 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,467
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH espremedor

Nearest frequency peer: espremedor (-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 “estarrecido”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estarrecido
PropertyValue
Headwordestarrecido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,467
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “estarrecido” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.estarrecidocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “espremedor” (#67,463), “esferográfica” (#67,461), “excecional” (#67,474). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estarrecido” fica em #67,467. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estarrecido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,467 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que se estarreceu; perplexo, espantado; horrorizado, aterrado".

Zero misspellings are on record for estarrecido in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is estarrecido, spelled E-S-T-A-R-R-E-C-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se estarreceu; perplexo, espantado; horrorizado, aterrado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ele desaparecia e eu permanecia na poltrona abismado, estarrecido e maravilhado.

Synonyms

apavoradoperplexo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estarrecido"?
"estarrecido" is spelled E-S-T-A-R-R-E-C-I-D-O.
What does "estarrecido" mean?
As an adjective, "estarrecido" means: que se estarreceu; perplexo, espantado; horrorizado, aterrado
What language does "estarrecido" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list