listo
['lis.to]
The verdict
“listo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,105 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,105
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 581
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pronto
Corpus desk
Index PT-listo · listo · Portuguese
listo · rank #74,105 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,105
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 581
- PHOTO-FINISH logaritmo
Nearest frequency peer: logaritmo (+2 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 “listo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- leptospirose
leptospirose
25,903 corpus weight
- Liberia
Liberia
25,901 corpus weight
- listo
listo
25,896 corpus weight
- logaritmo
logaritmo
25,894 corpus weight
- manicura
manicura
25,878 corpus weight
- matariam
matariam
25,873 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “listo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | listo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ['lis.to] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “listo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
listo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,105 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed ['lis.to]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for listo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is listo, spelled L-I-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1pronto
- 2inteligente
- 3com viveza, ágil, espevitado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how listo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yo estoy listo para todo.
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.
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