metafórico
/mɨ.tɐ.ˈfɔ.ɾi.ku/
The verdict
“metafórico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,656 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,656
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à metáfora
Corpus desk
Index PT-metaforico · metafórico · Portuguese
metafórico · rank #58,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,656
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH microprocessa…
Nearest frequency peer: microprocessador (+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 “metafórico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- martelar
martelar
41,355 corpus weight
- metafórico
metafórico
41,345 corpus weight
- microproces…
microprocessador
41,342 corpus weight
- minority
minority
41,339 corpus weight
- moqueca
moqueca
41,338 corpus weight
- mácula
mácula
41,332 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “metafórico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metafórico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mɨ.tɐ.ˈfɔ.ɾi.ku/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “metafórico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
metafórico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,656 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mɨ.tɐ.ˈfɔ.ɾi.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à metáfora".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for metafórico, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is metafórico, spelled M-E-T-A-F-Ó-R-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relativo à metáfora
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how metafórico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O detetive é uma figura com um grande peso metafórico: o homem que busca a verdade em um mundo de aparências enganosas.
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.
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