quebradiço
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
- profusamente
profusamente
36,236 corpus weight
- proliferar
proliferar
36,235 corpus weight
- proverbial
proverbial
36,232 corpus weight
- quebradiço
quebradiço
36,222 corpus weight
- rag
rag
36,218 corpus weight
- reincidente
reincidente
36,204 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quebradiço” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quebradiço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “quebradiço” em português
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
- 1que se quebra com facilidade; frágil
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how quebradiço appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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