quadriculado

/kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du/

//kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du// adj

The verdict

“quadriculado” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #75,058 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#75,058
frequency rank, Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dividido em quadrículas

Key facts for quadriculado
PropertyValue
Headwordquadriculado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du/
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,058
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “quadriculado” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). quadriculado lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for quadriculado is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,058 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dividido em quadrículas".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for quadriculado, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is quadriculado, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-C-U-L-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    dividido em quadrículas

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 "quadriculado"?
"quadriculado" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-I-C-U-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du/.
What does "quadriculado" mean?
As an adjective, "quadriculado" means: dividido em quadrículas
How do you pronounce "quadriculado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadriculado" is /kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadriculado" come from?
"quadriculado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “quadriculado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is Q-U-A-D-R-I-C-U-L-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kwɐ.dɾi.ku.ˈla.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list