ridiculous
/ɹɪ.ˈdɪk.ju.ləs/
The verdict
“ridiculous” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,177 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,177
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 963
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ridículo, ridiculoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-ridiculous · ridiculous · Portuguese
ridiculous · rank #99,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,177
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 963
- PHOTO-FINISH regurgitar
Nearest frequency peer: regurgitar (-24 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 “ridiculous”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- préstimo
préstimo
880 corpus weight
- pérfido
pérfido
872 corpus weight
- regurgitar
regurgitar
848 corpus weight
- ridiculous
ridiculous
824 corpus weight
- Scylla
Scylla
797 corpus weight
- sinonímia
sinonímia
774 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ridiculous” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ridiculous |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹɪ.ˈdɪk.ju.ləs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ridiculous” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ridiculous is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,177 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹɪ.ˈdɪk.ju.ləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ridiculous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ridiculous, spelled R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1ridículo, ridiculoso
- 2absurdo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ridiculous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You were really ridiculous wearing that hat.
That's ridiculous! How can she possibly do that in so little time?
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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