formativo
The verdict
“formativo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,155 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,155
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referente a formação
Corpus desk
Index PT-formativo · formativo · Portuguese
formativo · rank #68,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,155
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH fortíssimos
Nearest frequency peer: fortíssimos (+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 “formativo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- extremely
extremely
31,857 corpus weight
- feirante
feirante
31,851 corpus weight
- fisgada
fisgada
31,848 corpus weight
- formativo
formativo
31,846 corpus weight
- fortíssimos
fortíssimos
31,845 corpus weight
- funcionalme…
funcionalmente
31,841 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “formativo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | formativo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “formativo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
formativo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,155 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "referente a formação".
No generated misspelling entries exist for formativo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is formativo, spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1referente a formação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how formativo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«As atividades extracurriculares têm um valor formativo fundamental no desenvolvimento das competências sociais das crianças.»
This word in other languages
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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