mercurial
The verdict
“mercurial” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,889 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,889
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referente ao mercúrio ou a Mercúrio
Corpus desk
Index PT-mercurial · mercurial · Portuguese
mercurial · rank #84,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,889
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mictório
Nearest frequency peer: mictório (+6 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 “mercurial”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- lúmen
lúmen
15,138 corpus weight
- mercurial
mercurial
15,112 corpus weight
- mictório
mictório
15,106 corpus weight
- mies
mies
15,105 corpus weight
- Montag
Montag
15,096 corpus weight
- Montage
Montage
15,095 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mercurial” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mercurial |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mercurial” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mercurial is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,889 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mercurial in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is mercurial, spelled M-E-R-C-U-R-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1referente ao mercúrio ou a Mercúrio
- 2que contém mercúrio; mercurioso
- 3impulsivo, explosivo, que facilmente se agita ou se enfurece
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mercurial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
álcool mercurial
indivíduo mercurial; temperamento mercurial
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).