execrável

adj

The verdict

“execrável” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,442 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,442
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que merece ser execrado

Corpus desk

Index PT-execravel · execrável · Portuguese

execrável · rank #86,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,442
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH excrescência

Nearest frequency peer: excrescência (-1 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 “execrável”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for execrável
PropertyValue
Headwordexecrável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,442
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “execrável” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).execrávelcai 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: “excrescência” (#86,441), “excisão” (#86,439), “falsário” (#86,449). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “execrável” fica em #86,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

execrável is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,442 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que merece ser execrado".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for execrável, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 execrável, spelled E-X-E-C-R-Á-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que merece ser execrado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Isso em nada reduz a execrável sordidez da chantagem, mas, sem dúvida, diminui bastante a autoridade moral do chantageado.

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 "execrável"?
"execrável" is spelled E-X-E-C-R-Á-V-E-L.
What does "execrável" mean?
As an adjective, "execrável" means: que merece ser execrado
What language does "execrável" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list