frívolo
The verdict
“frívolo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,288 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,288
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caracterizado por falta de seriedade ou sentido
Corpus desk
Index PT-frivolo · frívolo · Portuguese
frívolo · rank #81,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,288
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH folias
Nearest frequency peer: folias (-9 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 “frívolo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- flama
flama
18,729 corpus weight
- fogueteiro
fogueteiro
18,724 corpus weight
- folias
folias
18,722 corpus weight
- frívolo
frívolo
18,713 corpus weight
- gamela
gamela
18,704 corpus weight
- gandaia
gandaia
18,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “frívolo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frívolo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “frívolo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
frívolo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,288 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for frívolo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 frívolo, spelled F-R-Í-V-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1caracterizado por falta de seriedade ou sentido
- 2sem um objetivo sério
- 3dado a leviandades
- 4sem nenhum valor ou importância; que não merece consideração
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frívolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sua conduta frívola fez com que o namorado a deixasse.
Fagundes é uma pessoa frívola, não tem nada na cabeça.
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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