proibitivo
/pɾu.i.bi.ˈti.vu/
The verdict
“proibitivo” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #93,165 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #93,165
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - não baixo ou elevado de forma que torna aquisição não viável de forma mais ampla
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proibitivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɾu.i.bi.ˈti.vu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “proibitivo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for proibitivo is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾu.i.bi.ˈti.vu/. Corpus data places it at rank #93,165 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "não baixo ou elevado de forma que torna aquisição não viável de forma mais ampla".
No generated misspelling entries exist for proibitivo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is proibitivo, spelled P-R-O-I-B-I-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1não baixo ou elevado de forma que torna aquisição não viável de forma mais ampla
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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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Using “proibitivo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-O-I-B-I-T-I-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾu.i.bi.ˈti.vu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.