ponderado

adj

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The verdict

“ponderado” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,941 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#52,941
frequency rank, Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que ponderou

Key facts for ponderado
PropertyValue
Headwordponderado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ponderado” 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). ponderado lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ponderado is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #52,941 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ponderado, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ponderado, spelled P-O-N-D-E-R-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que ponderou
  2. 2
    que não se exalta com facilidade; calmo, equilibrado
  3. 3
    diz-se de pessoa que pensa e planeja bastante antes de agir
  4. 4
    que tem peso (que é multiplicado por um valor)

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 "ponderado"?
"ponderado" is spelled P-O-N-D-E-R-A-D-O.
What does "ponderado" mean?
As an adjective, "ponderado" means: que ponderou
What language does "ponderado" come from?
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Using “ponderado”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-N-D-E-R-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list