formativo

adj

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for formativo
PropertyValue
Headwordformativo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “formativo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.formativocai 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: “fortíssimos” (#68,156), “fisgada” (#68,153), “feirante” (#68,150). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “formativo” fica em #68,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    referente a formação

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "formativo"?
"formativo" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-O.
What does "formativo" mean?
As an adjective, "formativo" means: referente a formação
What language does "formativo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "formativo", 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