retórico
/Rɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/
The verdict
“retórico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,221 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,221
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a retórica
Corpus desk
Index PT-retorico · retórico · Portuguese
retórico · rank #55,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,221
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH regalo
Nearest frequency peer: regalo (-8 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 “retórico”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- reavivar
reavivar
44,799 corpus weight
- reeditar
reeditar
44,794 corpus weight
- regalo
regalo
44,788 corpus weight
- retórico
retórico
44,780 corpus weight
- roseta
roseta
44,772 corpus weight
- rótula
rótula
44,768 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “retórico” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retórico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /Rɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “retórico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
retórico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,221 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /Rɛ.ˈtɔ.ɾi.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo a retórica".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for retórico, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 retórico, spelled R-E-T-Ó-R-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relativo a retórica
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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