petroquímico

adj

The verdict

“petroquímico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,075 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,075
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo à petroquímica

Key facts for petroquímico
PropertyValue
Headwordpetroquímico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “petroquímico” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). petroquímico lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

petroquímico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,075 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à petroquímica".

petroquímico has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 petroquímico, spelled P-E-T-R-O-Q-U-Í-M-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à petroquímica

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 "petroquímico"?
"petroquímico" is spelled P-E-T-R-O-Q-U-Í-M-I-C-O.
What does "petroquímico" mean?
As an adjective, "petroquímico" means: relativo à petroquímica
What language does "petroquímico" come from?
"petroquímico" 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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Using “petroquímico”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-T-R-O-Q-U-Í-M-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list