plosivo
/plo.ˈzi.vu/
The verdict
“plosivo” 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) - oclusivo
Corpus desk
Index PT-plosivo · plosivo · Portuguese
plosivo · 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 "P" 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 | plosivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /plo.ˈzi.vu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “plosivo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
plosivo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /plo.ˈzi.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oclusivo".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for plosivo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is plosivo, spelled P-L-O-S-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1oclusivo
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