pontudo
The verdict
“pontudo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,387 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,387
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem ponta; agudo
Corpus desk
Index PT-pontudo · pontudo · Portuguese
pontudo · rank #62,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,387
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH poluente
Nearest frequency peer: poluente (-2 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 “pontudo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oblíquo
oblíquo
37,649 corpus weight
- poluente
poluente
37,616 corpus weight
- pontudo
pontudo
37,614 corpus weight
- precaver
precaver
37,608 corpus weight
- profetizado
profetizado
37,604 corpus weight
- reap
reap
37,581 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pontudo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pontudo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pontudo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pontudo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,387 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem ponta; agudo".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pontudo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is pontudo, spelled P-O-N-T-U-D-O.
Definition
- 1que tem ponta; agudo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pontudo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O RB6 tem um visual insinuante, com um bico particularmente chamativo e mais pontudo do que em anos anteriores, graças ao projeto de Adrian Newey, elogiado pelo carro do ano passado.
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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