herético

adj

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The verdict

“herético” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,136 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,136
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à heresia

Corpus desk

Index PT-heretico · herético · Portuguese

herético · rank #82,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,136
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hidrodinâmica

Nearest frequency peer: hidrodinâmica (+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 “herético”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herético
PropertyValue
Headwordherético
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “herético” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).heréticocai 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: “hidrodinâmica” (#82,137), “imagination” (#82,154), “industrialmente” (#82,159). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “herético” fica em #82,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herético is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,136 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à heresia".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for herético, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is herético, spelled H-E-R-É-T-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à heresia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Os descaminhos da moral esclarecida, ou: Kant e Sade

This word in other languages

heretical(English)herético(Español)hérétique(Français)

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 "herético"?
"herético" is spelled H-E-R-É-T-I-C-O.
What does "herético" mean?
As an adjective, "herético" means: relativo à heresia
What language does "herético" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fonético#82,092lavradio#82,209leniente#82,215espumoso#82,053

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list