rebuscado
/Rɨ.buʃ.ˈka.du/
The verdict
“rebuscado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,070 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,070
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palavra ou termo de difícil compreensão
Corpus desk
Index PT-rebuscado · rebuscado · Portuguese
rebuscado · rank #75,070 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,070
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH razoabilidade
Nearest frequency peer: razoabilidade (-2 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 “rebuscado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- primoroso
primoroso
24,957 corpus weight
- quadriculado
quadriculado
24,943 corpus weight
- razoabilida…
razoabilidade
24,933 corpus weight
- rebuscado
rebuscado
24,931 corpus weight
- ressalvar
ressalvar
24,913 corpus weight
- rodela
rodela
24,907 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “rebuscado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rebuscado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /Rɨ.buʃ.ˈka.du/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “rebuscado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
rebuscado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,070 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /Rɨ.buʃ.ˈka.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rebuscado, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is rebuscado, spelled R-E-B-U-S-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1palavra ou termo de difícil compreensão
- 2que se rebuscou, se tornou a buscar
- 3apurado com excessivo esmero; requintado
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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