merecidamente

adv

The verdict

“merecidamente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,999 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,999
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de modo merecido

Corpus desk

Index PT-merecidamente · merecidamente · Portuguese

merecidamente · rank #62,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,999
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH Menelau

Nearest frequency peer: Menelau (-1 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 “merecidamente”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for merecidamente
PropertyValue
Headwordmerecidamente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Frequency rank#62,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “merecidamente” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.merecidamentecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Menelau” (#62,998), “meirinho” (#62,996), “marasmo” (#62,988). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “merecidamente” fica em #62,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

merecidamente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,999 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de modo merecido".

No misspelling variants are generated for merecidamente in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is merecidamente, spelled M-E-R-E-C-I-D-A-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    de modo merecido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «Eles estão, merecidamente, a desfrutar de umas férias relaxantes nas Maldivas.»

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 "merecidamente"?
"merecidamente" is spelled M-E-R-E-C-I-D-A-M-E-N-T-E.
What does "merecidamente" mean?
As an adverb, "merecidamente" means: de modo merecido
What language does "merecidamente" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list