porreta

adj

The verdict

“porreta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,075 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,075
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - legal, muito bom, excelente

Corpus desk

Index PT-porreta · porreta · Portuguese

porreta · rank #96,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,075
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH palatável

Nearest frequency peer: palatável (-46 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 “porreta”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “porreta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for porreta
PropertyValue
Headwordporreta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,075
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “porreta” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.porretacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “palatável” (#96,029), “oggi” (#96,010), “resolutamente” (#96,153). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “porreta” fica em #96,075. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porreta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,075 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "legal, muito bom, excelente".

No misspelling variants are generated for porreta in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is porreta, spelled P-O-R-R-E-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    legal, muito bom, excelente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how porreta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ele foi porreta ao ajudar-nos

Synonyms

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 "porreta"?
"porreta" is spelled P-O-R-R-E-T-A.
What does "porreta" mean?
As an adjective, "porreta" means: legal, muito bom, excelente
What language does "porreta" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "porreta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list