ilusório

adj

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The verdict

“ilusório” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,798 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,798
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa ilusão

Corpus desk

Index PT-ilusorio · ilusório · Portuguese

ilusório · rank #52,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,798
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH imobilização

Nearest frequency peer: imobilização (+3 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 “ilusório”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ilusório
PropertyValue
Headwordilusório
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,798
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ilusório” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.ilusóriocai 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: “imobilização” (#52,801), “holofote” (#52,790), “hispano” (#52,789). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ilusório” fica em #52,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ilusório is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,798 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ilusório, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ilusório, spelled I-L-U-S-Ó-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que causa ilusão
  2. 2
    que é ilusão, que não se realiza
  3. 3
    falso, vão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A possibilidade de os chineses continuarem nos emprestando cada vez mais indefinidamente é um desejo ilusório.

This word in other languages

illusory(English)illusoire(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 "ilusório"?
"ilusório" is spelled I-L-U-S-Ó-R-I-O.
What does "ilusório" mean?
As an adjective, "ilusório" means: que causa ilusão
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

holofote#52,790forragem#52,758folículo#52,756ferrenha#52,746

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list