oligopólio

noun

The verdict

“oligopólio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,044 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,044
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma evoluída de monopólio, no qual um grupo de empresas promove o domínio de determinada oferta de produtos e/ou serviços

Corpus desk

Index PT-oligopolio · oligopólio · Portuguese

oligopólio · rank #63,044 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,044
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH orto

Nearest frequency peer: orto (+6 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 “oligopólio”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for oligopólio
PropertyValue
Headwordoligopólio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “oligopólio” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).oligopóliocai 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: “orto” (#63,050), “otorrinolaringologia” (#63,051), “paládio” (#63,055). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “oligopólio” fica em #63,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oligopólio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,044 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma evoluída de monopólio, no qual um grupo de empresas promove o domínio de determinada oferta de produtos e/ou serviços".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oligopólio, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 oligopólio, spelled O-L-I-G-O-P-Ó-L-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma evoluída de monopólio, no qual um grupo de empresas promove o domínio de determinada oferta de produtos e/ou serviços

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O preço atingiu um nível recorde de alta porque as principais companhias mineradoras são de fato um oligopólio e a demanda chinesa por matérias-primas está aumentando.

This word in other languages

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 "oligopólio"?
"oligopólio" is spelled O-L-I-G-O-P-Ó-L-I-O.
What does "oligopólio" mean?
As a noun, "oligopólio" means: forma evoluída de monopólio, no qual um grupo de empresas promove o domínio de determinada oferta de produtos e/ou serviços
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list