pomposo
/põ.ˈpo.zu/
The verdict
“pomposo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,940 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,940
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala
Corpus desk
Index PT-pomposo · pomposo · Portuguese
pomposo · rank #52,940 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,940
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ponderado
Nearest frequency peer: ponderado (+1 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 “pomposo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- peek
peek
47,075 corpus weight
- pender
pender
47,074 corpus weight
- penoso
penoso
47,073 corpus weight
- picadeiro
picadeiro
47,067 corpus weight
- pomposo
pomposo
47,061 corpus weight
- ponderado
ponderado
47,060 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pomposo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pomposo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /põ.ˈpo.zu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pomposo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pomposo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,940 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /põ.ˈpo.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pomposo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pomposo, spelled P-O-M-P-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1suntuoso; de grande luxo ou gala
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pomposo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wielgus fez um pomposo pronunciamento.
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.
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