quadratura
/kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“quadratura” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,744 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,744
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície
Corpus desk
Index PT-quadratura · quadratura · Portuguese
quadratura · rank #65,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,744
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH quitação
Nearest frequency peer: quitação (+1 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 “quadratura”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pneumologia
pneumologia
34,278 corpus weight
- pratinho
pratinho
34,274 corpus weight
- psychology
psychology
34,259 corpus weight
- quadratura
quadratura
34,257 corpus weight
- quitação
quitação
34,256 corpus weight
- reconversão
reconversão
34,245 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quadratura” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quadratura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “quadratura” em português
Rare enough to double-check
quadratura is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,744 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kwɐ.dɾɐ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
quadratura doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is quadratura, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1redução geométrica de uma superfície limitada por uma curva a um quadrado, que lhe seja equivalente em superfície
- 2aspecto de dois astros, que distam entre si 90 graus
- 3pintura de ornatos de arquitetura
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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