mortiço
/muɾ.ˈti.su/
The verdict
“mortiço” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prestes a apagar-se
Corpus desk
Index PT-mortico · mortiço · Portuguese
mortiço · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mortiço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /muɾ.ˈti.su/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mortiço” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mortiço is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /muɾ.ˈti.su/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mortiço has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mortiço, spelled M-O-R-T-I-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1prestes a apagar-se
- 2desanimado
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.