retoque
The verdict
“retoque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,994 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,994
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - correção ou ajuste feito em trabalho já concluído, especialmente em pintura, maquiagem ou fotografia
Corpus desk
Index PT-retoque · retoque · Portuguese
retoque · rank #52,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,994
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH reverberação
Nearest frequency peer: reverberação (+1 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 “retoque”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- relojoeiro
relojoeiro
47,016 corpus weight
- retoque
retoque
47,007 corpus weight
- reverberação
reverberação
47,006 corpus weight
- Rian
Rian
47,005 corpus weight
- rijo
rijo
47,003 corpus weight
- roja
roja
46,999 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “retoque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retoque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “retoque” em português
Rare enough to double-check
retoque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,994 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
retoque has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is retoque, spelled R-E-T-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1correção ou ajuste feito em trabalho já concluído, especialmente em pintura, maquiagem ou fotografia
- 2melhoria ou aperfeiçoamento aplicado em detalhe de uma obra ou objeto
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how retoque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«O artista fez um pequeno retoque na tela antes da exposição.»
«O carpinteiro deu um retoque final na peça de madeira.»
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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