incorrecto
Portuguese, adjective
incorrecto is spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incorrecto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of incorreto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide incorreto”.
What does incorrecto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of incorreto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide incorreto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of incorrecto
- incorrecta feminine
- incorrectos masculine plural
- incorrectas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is incorrecto in Portuguese?
incorrecto appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).