honorífico

/u.nu.ˈɾi.fi.ku/

//u.nu.ˈɾi.fi.ku// adj

The verdict

“honorífico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,882 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,882
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que honra e distingue; honroso; honorário

Corpus desk

Index PT-honorifico · honorífico · Portuguese

honorífico · rank #66,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,882
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH hemorroidas

Nearest frequency peer: hemorroidas (-7 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 “honorífico”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for honorífico
PropertyValue
Headwordhonorífico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/u.nu.ˈɾi.fi.ku/
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,882
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “honorífico” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).honoríficocai 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: “hemorroidas” (#66,875), “Immanuel” (#66,891), “indelével” (#66,896). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “honorífico” fica em #66,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

honorífico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,882 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /u.nu.ˈɾi.fi.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que honra e distingue; honroso; honorário".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for honorífico, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is honorífico, spelled H-O-N-O-R-Í-F-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que honra e distingue; honroso; honorário

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Aiatolá" é um título honorífico no Irã.

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 "honorífico"?
"honorífico" is spelled H-O-N-O-R-Í-F-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /u.nu.ˈɾi.fi.ku/.
What does "honorífico" mean?
As an adjective, "honorífico" means: que honra e distingue; honroso; honorário
How do you pronounce "honorífico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "honorífico" is /u.nu.ˈɾi.fi.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list