expelido

adj

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The verdict

“expelido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,167 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,167
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aquilo ou alguém que sofreu a ação de expelir, isto é, foi posto para fora.

Key facts for expelido
PropertyValue
Headwordexpelido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,167
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “expelido” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). expelido lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

expelido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,167 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aquilo ou alguém que sofreu a ação de expelir, isto é, foi posto para fora.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for expelido, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 expelido, spelled E-X-P-E-L-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aquilo ou alguém que sofreu a ação de expelir, isto é, foi posto para fora.

Synonyms

expulso

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 "expelido"?
"expelido" is spelled E-X-P-E-L-I-D-O.
What does "expelido" mean?
As an adjective, "expelido" means: Aquilo ou alguém que sofreu a ação de expelir, isto é, foi posto para fora.
What language does "expelido" come from?
"expelido" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “expelido”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-P-E-L-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list