retículo
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
- quadratura
quadratura
34,257 corpus weight
- quitação
quitação
34,256 corpus weight
- reconversão
reconversão
34,245 corpus weight
- retículo
retículo
34,229 corpus weight
- sarrafo
sarrafo
34,207 corpus weight
- sav
sav
34,203 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “retículo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retículo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “retículo” em português
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
- 1pequena rede ou estrutura em forma de malha
- 2segunda cavidade do estômago dos ruminantes, também chamada de barrete
- 3conjunto de nervuras ou filamentos que cercam a base das folhas
- 4disco transparente com fios cruzados usado em instrumentos ópticos para auxiliar na visada
- 5rede tridimensional de pontos que representam a disposição periódica de átomos ou moléculas em um cristal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how retículo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O retículo atua em conjunto com o rúmen na digestão dos alimentos
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.
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