oblíquo
/ɔ.ˈbli.kwu/
The verdict
“oblíquo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,352 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,352
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em diagonal, de través
Corpus desk
Index PT-obliquo · oblíquo · Portuguese
oblíquo · rank #62,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,352
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH nitrogénio
Nearest frequency peer: nitrogénio (-9 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 “oblíquo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- microeconom…
microeconomia
37,682 corpus weight
- minúcia
minúcia
37,678 corpus weight
- nitrogénio
nitrogénio
37,658 corpus weight
- oblíquo
oblíquo
37,649 corpus weight
- poluente
poluente
37,616 corpus weight
- pontudo
pontudo
37,614 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “oblíquo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oblíquo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔ.ˈbli.kwu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “oblíquo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
oblíquo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,352 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɔ.ˈbli.kwu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
oblíquo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is oblíquo, spelled O-B-L-Í-Q-U-O.
Definition
- 1em diagonal, de través
- 2torto, inclinado
- 3indireto, dúbio, tortuoso
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oblíquo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O traço era oblíquo em relação à base.
O caminho desenrolava-se oblíquo na planície.
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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