regressivo
/Rɨ.ɡɾɨ.ˈsi.vu/
The verdict
“regressivo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,475 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,475
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que regressa; que retrograda
Corpus desk
Index PT-regressivo · regressivo · Portuguese
regressivo · rank #89,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,475
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH recitado
Nearest frequency peer: recitado (-13 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 “regressivo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- prosaico
prosaico
10,563 corpus weight
- púrpuras
púrpuras
10,554 corpus weight
- rastafári
rastafári
10,544 corpus weight
- recitado
recitado
10,539 corpus weight
- regressivo
regressivo
10,526 corpus weight
- salir
salir
10,479 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “regressivo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regressivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /Rɨ.ɡɾɨ.ˈsi.vu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “regressivo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
regressivo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,475 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /Rɨ.ɡɾɨ.ˈsi.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for regressivo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 regressivo, spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1que regressa; que retrograda
- 2retro-ativo
- 3diz-se das formas que, por analogia, se deduzem de outras que, sendo primitivas, se supõem derivadas
- 4diz-se do imposto cuja percentagem vai diminuindo, segundo o rendimento em que recai
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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