obtuso
/ɔ.bˈtu.zu/
The verdict
“obtuso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,762 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,762
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do maior dos ângulos formados por duas retas concorrentes, não perpendiculares e não coincidentes, menor que a do ângulo raso (180º)
Corpus desk
Index PT-obtuso · obtuso · Portuguese
obtuso · rank #69,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,762
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH oder
Nearest frequency peer: oder (+1 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 “obtuso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mors
mors
30,257 corpus weight
- muvuca
muvuca
30,249 corpus weight
- naso
naso
30,248 corpus weight
- obtuso
obtuso
30,239 corpus weight
- oder
oder
30,238 corpus weight
- papoila
papoila
30,223 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “obtuso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obtuso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔ.bˈtu.zu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “obtuso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
obtuso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,762 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɔ.bˈtu.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for obtuso, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is obtuso, spelled O-B-T-U-S-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do maior dos ângulos formados por duas retas concorrentes, não perpendiculares e não coincidentes, menor que a do ângulo raso (180º)
- 2que não é agudo; arredondado
- 3que não é nítido, claro, expressivo; confuso
- 4rude; estúpido
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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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