profícuo
/pɾu.fi.ˈkwu/
The verdict
“profícuo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,163 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,163
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - útil; proveitoso; vantajoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-proficuo · profícuo · Portuguese
profícuo · rank #93,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,163
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH proibitivo
Nearest frequency peer: proibitivo (+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 “profícuo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pastoras
pastoras
6,883 corpus weight
- petúnia
petúnia
6,864 corpus weight
- profícuo
profícuo
6,838 corpus weight
- proibitivo
proibitivo
6,836 corpus weight
- provir
provir
6,826 corpus weight
- rebite
rebite
6,804 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “profícuo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | profícuo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɾu.fi.ˈkwu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “profícuo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
profícuo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,163 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɾu.fi.ˈkwu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "útil; proveitoso; vantajoso".
No misspelling variants are generated for profícuo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is profícuo, spelled P-R-O-F-Í-C-U-O.
Definition
- 1útil; proveitoso; vantajoso
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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