expectável

adj

The verdict

“expectável” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,729 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,729
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se espera

Corpus desk

Index PT-expectavel · expectável · Portuguese

expectável · rank #95,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,729
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH eutrofização

Nearest frequency peer: eutrofização (-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 “expectável”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for expectável
PropertyValue
Headwordexpectável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,729
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “expectável” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).expectávelcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “eutrofização” (#95,725), “estratosférico” (#95,720), “estagnar” (#95,716). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “expectável” fica em #95,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

expectável is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,729 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que se espera".

expectável has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is expectável, spelled E-X-P-E-C-T-Á-V-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se espera

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «De acordo com os modelos meteorológicos, é expectável uma subida das temperaturas no próximo fim de semana.»

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 "expectável"?
"expectável" is spelled E-X-P-E-C-T-Á-V-E-L.
What does "expectável" mean?
As an adjective, "expectável" means: que se espera
What language does "expectável" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list