obstinada

adj

The verdict

“obstinada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,116 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,116
frequency rank, Portuguese
846
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - feminino de obstinado

Key facts for obstinada
PropertyValue
Headwordobstinada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,116
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “obstinada” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). obstinada lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

obstinada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,116 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feminino de obstinado".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for obstinada, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is obstinada, spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    feminino de obstinado

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 "obstinada"?
"obstinada" is spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-A-D-A.
What does "obstinada" mean?
As an adjective, "obstinada" means: feminino de obstinado
What language does "obstinada" come from?
"obstinada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “obstinada”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-B-S-T-I-N-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list