fotovoltaico

adj

The verdict

“fotovoltaico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,720 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,720
frequency rank, Portuguese
853
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à conversão da luz em eletricidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-fotovoltaico · fotovoltaico · Portuguese

fotovoltaico · rank #84,720 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,720
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 853
  • PHOTO-FINISH fotomontagem

Nearest frequency peer: fotomontagem (-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 “fotovoltaico”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fotovoltaico
PropertyValue
Headwordfotovoltaico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#84,720
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “fotovoltaico” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.fotovoltaicocai 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: “fotomontagem” (#84,719), “fogareiro” (#84,712), “galhofa” (#84,730). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fotovoltaico” fica em #84,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fotovoltaico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,720 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à conversão da luz em eletricidade".

No generated misspelling entries exist for fotovoltaico in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is fotovoltaico, spelled F-O-T-O-V-O-L-T-A-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à conversão da luz em eletricidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «O efeito fotovoltaico permite a conversão direta da luz solar em eletricidade através de células de semicondutores.»

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 "fotovoltaico"?
"fotovoltaico" is spelled F-O-T-O-V-O-L-T-A-I-C-O.
What does "fotovoltaico" mean?
As an adjective, "fotovoltaico" means: relativo à conversão da luz em eletricidade
What language does "fotovoltaico" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list