gatuno

adj

The verdict

“gatuno” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,383 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,383
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que rouba ou furta:

Corpus desk

Index PT-gatuno · gatuno · Portuguese

gatuno · rank #76,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,383
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH goody

Nearest frequency peer: goody (+11 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 “gatuno”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gatuno
PropertyValue
Headwordgatuno
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,383
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gatuno” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).gatunocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “goody” (#76,394), “fonologia” (#76,363), “fermi” (#76,354). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gatuno” fica em #76,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gatuno is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,383 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que rouba ou furta:".

gatuno doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gatuno, spelled G-A-T-U-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que rouba ou furta:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O fulano é gatuno!

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 "gatuno"?
"gatuno" is spelled G-A-T-U-N-O.
What does "gatuno" mean?
As an adjective, "gatuno" means: que rouba ou furta:
What language does "gatuno" come from?
"gatuno" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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