porosidade

noun

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The verdict

“porosidade” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,941 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,941
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - qualidade de poroso

Key facts for porosidade
PropertyValue
Headwordporosidade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “porosidade” 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). porosidade lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

porosidade is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,941 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualidade de poroso".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for porosidade, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 porosidade, spelled P-O-R-O-S-I-D-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade de poroso

This word in other languages

porosity(English)porosidad(Español)porosité(Français)Porosität(Deutsch)

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 "porosidade"?
"porosidade" is spelled P-O-R-O-S-I-D-A-D-E.
What does "porosidade" mean?
As a noun, "porosidade" means: qualidade de poroso
What language does "porosidade" come from?
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Using “porosidade”

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

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

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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