heteróclito
The verdict
“heteróclito” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - denominação que se dá aos substantivos latinos que se declinam no singular por uma declinação e no plural por outra
Corpus desk
Index PT-heteroclito · heteróclito · Portuguese
heteróclito · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heteróclito |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “heteróclito” em português
Rare enough to double-check
heteróclito is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
heteróclito doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is heteróclito, spelled H-E-T-E-R-Ó-C-L-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1denominação que se dá aos substantivos latinos que se declinam no singular por uma declinação e no plural por outra
- 2que se desvia dos princípios da analogia gramatical ou das normas de arte
- 3singular, excêntrico, extravagante
- 4diz-se de tudo que contraria as regras da arte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heteróclito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ex.: vas, vasis e vasa, -orum
construção heteróclita
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.