quebradiço

adj

The verdict

“quebradiço” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,779 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,779
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se quebra com facilidade; frágil

Corpus desk

Index PT-quebradico · quebradiço · Portuguese

quebradiço · rank #63,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,779
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH rag

Nearest frequency peer: rag (+4 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 “quebradiço”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quebradiço
PropertyValue
Headwordquebradiço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,779
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quebradiço” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “rag” (#63,783), “proverbial” (#63,769), “proliferar” (#63,766). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quebradiço” fica em #63,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quebradiço is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,779 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que se quebra com facilidade; frágil".

quebradiço has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is quebradiço, spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-I-Ç-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se quebra com facilidade; frágil

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Alessandro Campos recomenda que a retirada não seja feita em temperatura baixa, pois o adesivo fica mais quebradiço, prejudicando a remoção.

This word in other languages

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 "quebradiço"?
"quebradiço" is spelled Q-U-E-B-R-A-D-I-Ç-O.
What does "quebradiço" mean?
As an adjective, "quebradiço" means: que se quebra com facilidade; frágil
What language does "quebradiço" come from?
"quebradiço" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list