pegajoso
The verdict
“pegajoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,352 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,352
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aderente
Corpus desk
Index PT-pegajoso · pegajoso · Portuguese
pegajoso · rank #52,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,352
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH perversidade
Nearest frequency peer: perversidade (+7 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 “pegajoso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- omitido
omitido
47,665 corpus weight
- owl
owl
47,661 corpus weight
- pacificar
pacificar
47,660 corpus weight
- pegajoso
pegajoso
47,649 corpus weight
- perversidade
perversidade
47,642 corpus weight
- planificação
planificação
47,638 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pegajoso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pegajoso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pegajoso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pegajoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,352 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aderente".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pegajoso, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pegajoso, spelled P-E-G-A-J-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1aderente
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pegajoso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Incluindo a interminável Amazonia e o pegajoso Adagio, em arranjo pseudo-erudito combinando cordas e teclados com um meloso saxofone.
Synonyms
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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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