retardamento
The verdict
“retardamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,148 among 1,668 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,148
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,668
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de retardar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retardamento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retardamento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retardamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,148 among 1,668 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for retardamento, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is retardamento, spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de retardar
- 2condição daquele que tem um problema de desenvolvimento mental
Synonyms
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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Using “retardamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is R-E-T-A-R-D-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.