poroso
/pu.ˈɾo.zu/
The verdict
“poroso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,764 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,764
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem poros ou orifícios
Corpus desk
Index PT-poroso · poroso · Portuguese
poroso · rank #61,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,764
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH prumo
Nearest frequency peer: prumo (+13 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 “poroso”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- orchard
orchard
38,267 corpus weight
- outrossim
outrossim
38,264 corpus weight
- poroso
poroso
38,237 corpus weight
- prumo
prumo
38,224 corpus weight
- quadrilátero
quadrilátero
38,216 corpus weight
- ranhura
ranhura
38,211 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “poroso” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poroso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pu.ˈɾo.zu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “poroso” em português
Rare enough to double-check
poroso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,764 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pu.ˈɾo.zu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for poroso, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 poroso, spelled P-O-R-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1que tem poros ou orifícios
- 2permeável
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poroso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quando isso ocorre, diversos sais se precipitam ao redor da fenda e formam estruturas porosas que se assemelham às chaminés.
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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