genitor

noun

The verdict

“genitor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,911 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,911
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que gera ou gerou um descendente; pai, mãe

Corpus desk

Index PT-genitor · genitor · Portuguese

genitor · rank #82,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,911
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH geometricamen…

Nearest frequency peer: geometricamente (+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 “genitor”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for genitor
PropertyValue
Headwordgenitor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “genitor” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).genitorcai 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: “geometricamente” (#82,912), “glasses” (#82,919), “glutão” (#82,920). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “genitor” fica em #82,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

genitor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,911 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aquele que gera ou gerou um descendente; pai, mãe".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for genitor, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is genitor, spelled G-E-N-I-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que gera ou gerou um descendente; pai, mãe

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Crescer num lar de genitor solteiro praticamente dobra a propensão de uma criança para o crime.

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 "genitor"?
"genitor" is spelled G-E-N-I-T-O-R.
What does "genitor" mean?
As a noun, "genitor" means: aquele que gera ou gerou um descendente; pai, mãe
What language does "genitor" come from?
"genitor" 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 "genitor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list