ordinal
/ɔɾ.di.ˈnaɫ/
The verdict
“ordinal” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se do número que indica uma ordem ou série
Corpus desk
Index PT-ordinal · ordinal · Portuguese
ordinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ordinal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɔɾ.di.ˈnaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ordinal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ordinal is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɔɾ.di.ˈnaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se do número que indica uma ordem ou série".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ordinal, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ordinal, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1diz-se do número que indica uma ordem ou série
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ordinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cada envelope tinha anotado, como destinatário, um número ordinal para designar o DP, como 16º (Vila Mariana) e 31º (Vila Carrão).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.