gamado

adj

The verdict

“gamado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,755 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,755
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - com as extremidades proporcionais e prolongadas em ângulo reto como a letra gama maiúscula; suástico

Corpus desk

Index PT-gamado · gamado · Portuguese

gamado · rank #97,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,755
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH galgar

Nearest frequency peer: galgar (-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 “gamado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gamado
PropertyValue
Headwordgamado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gamado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.gamadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “galgar” (#97,754), “gather” (#97,760), “futurologia” (#97,749). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gamado” fica em #97,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gamado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,755 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

gamado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gamado, spelled G-A-M-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    com as extremidades proporcionais e prolongadas em ângulo reto como a letra gama maiúscula; suástico
  2. 2
    apaixonado por algo ou alguém
  3. 3
    vidrado em alguma coisa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cruz gamada.

Synonyms

suástico

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 "gamado"?
"gamado" is spelled G-A-M-A-D-O.
What does "gamado" mean?
As an adjective, "gamado" means: com as extremidades proporcionais e prolongadas em ângulo reto como a letra gama maiúscula; suástico
What language does "gamado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list