retículo

noun

The verdict

“retículo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,772 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,772
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequena rede ou estrutura em forma de malha

Corpus desk

Index PT-reticulo · retículo · Portuguese

retículo · rank #65,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,772
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconversão

Nearest frequency peer: reconversão (-16 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 “retículo”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for retículo
PropertyValue
Headwordretículo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “retículo” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).retículocai 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: “reconversão” (#65,756), “sarrafo” (#65,794), “sav” (#65,798). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “retículo” fica em #65,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

retículo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,772 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for retículo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is retículo, spelled R-E-T-Í-C-U-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequena rede ou estrutura em forma de malha
  2. 2
    segunda cavidade do estômago dos ruminantes, também chamada de barrete
  3. 3
    conjunto de nervuras ou filamentos que cercam a base das folhas
  4. 4
    disco transparente com fios cruzados usado em instrumentos ópticos para auxiliar na visada
  5. 5
    rede tridimensional de pontos que representam a disposição periódica de átomos ou moléculas em um cristal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O retículo atua em conjunto com o rúmen na digestão dos alimentos
  2. O retículo foliar auxilia na sustentação e condução de seiva

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 "retículo"?
"retículo" is spelled R-E-T-Í-C-U-L-O.
What does "retículo" mean?
As a noun, "retículo" means: pequena rede ou estrutura em forma de malha
What language does "retículo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list