petroquímico

adj

The verdict

“petroquímico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,075 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,075
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à petroquímica

Corpus desk

Index PT-petroquimico · petroquímico · Portuguese

petroquímico · rank #63,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,075
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pincelada

Nearest frequency peer: pincelada (+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 “petroquímico”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for petroquímico
PropertyValue
Headwordpetroquímico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “petroquímico” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pincelada” (#63,082), “pertinência” (#63,067), “piscada” (#63,083). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “petroquímico” fica em #63,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

petroquímico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,075 among 1,578 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Alexandrino, além do cargo de diretor de Relações Institucionais da Odebrecht, também ocupou o posto de vice-presidente da Braskem - braço petroquímico da empreiteira em sociedade com a Petrobrás.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list