obstinada

adj

The verdict

“obstinada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,116 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,116
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-obstinada · obstinada · Portuguese

obstinada · rank #50,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,116
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH néon

Nearest frequency peer: néon (-2 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 “obstinada”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for obstinada
PropertyValue
Headwordobstinada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,116
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “obstinada” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “néon” (#50,114), “oiticica” (#50,118), “oitiva” (#50,119). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “obstinada” fica em #50,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

obstinada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,116 among 385 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Na outra ponta do cenário político, a líder petista Ideli Salvatti tem sido, desde a primeira hora, uma obstinada defensora de Renan.

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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list