perpendicularmente

adv

The verdict

“perpendicularmente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,336 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,336
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-perpendicularmente · perpendicularmente · Portuguese

perpendicularmente · rank #90,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,336
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH percalço

Nearest frequency peer: percalço (-4 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 “perpendicularmente”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perpendicularmente
PropertyValue
Headwordperpendicularmente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters18
Frequency rank#90,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “perpendicularmente” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).perpendicularmentecai 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: “percalço” (#90,332), “politeísmo” (#90,352), “omoplata” (#90,299). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perpendicularmente” fica em #90,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perpendicularmente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,336 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de modo perpendicular".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for perpendicularmente, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is perpendicularmente, spelled P-E-R-P-E-N-D-I-C-U-L-A-R-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    de modo perpendicular

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «As duas ruas cruzam-se perpendicularmente, formando um ângulo reto perfeito.»

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list