predatório

adj

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The verdict

“predatório” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,692 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,692
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que preda; que possui características de predador

Corpus desk

Index PT-predatorio · predatório · Portuguese

predatório · rank #72,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,692
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH potranca

Nearest frequency peer: potranca (-3 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 “predatório”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for predatório
PropertyValue
Headwordpredatório
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “predatório” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).predatóriocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “potranca” (#72,689), “prevent” (#72,696), “polca” (#72,684). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “predatório” fica em #72,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

predatório is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,692 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for predatório, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is predatório, spelled P-R-E-D-A-T-Ó-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que preda; que possui características de predador
  2. 2
    diz-se de prática de caça ou pesca que é demasiadamente agressivo para o meio ambiente
  3. 3
    que explora outras pessoas para ganho pessoal
  4. 4
    relacionado à pirataria

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A luta pelo fim da pesca predatória.

This word in other languages

predatory(English)räuberisch(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 "predatório"?
"predatório" is spelled P-R-E-D-A-T-Ó-R-I-O.
What does "predatório" mean?
As an adjective, "predatório" means: que preda; que possui características de predador
What language does "predatório" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

particípio#72,661translator#72,841higienista#72,537explicitar#72,480

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list