opcionalmente

adv

The verdict

“opcionalmente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,470 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,470
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-opcionalmente · opcionalmente · Portuguese

opcionalmente · rank #53,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,470
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH package

Nearest frequency peer: package (+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 “opcionalmente”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for opcionalmente
PropertyValue
Headwordopcionalmente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Frequency rank#53,470
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “opcionalmente” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “package” (#53,472), “paliativo” (#53,474), “nica” (#53,458). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “opcionalmente” fica em #53,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

opcionalmente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,470 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de modo opcional".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for opcionalmente, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is opcionalmente, spelled O-P-C-I-O-N-A-L-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    de modo opcional

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «O prato principal é servido com arroz, mas pode, opcionalmente, escolher batatas fritas.»

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 "opcionalmente"?
"opcionalmente" is spelled O-P-C-I-O-N-A-L-M-E-N-T-E.
What does "opcionalmente" mean?
As an adverb, "opcionalmente" means: de modo opcional
What language does "opcionalmente" come from?
"opcionalmente" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list