rodante

adj

The verdict

“rodante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,437 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,437
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que roda

Corpus desk

Index PT-rodante · rodante · Portuguese

rodante · rank #90,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,437
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH sarja

Nearest frequency peer: sarja (+23 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 “rodante”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rodante
PropertyValue
Headwordrodante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,437
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “rodante” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).rodantecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sarja” (#90,460), “serapilheira” (#90,474), “quenga” (#90,386). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “rodante” fica em #90,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rodante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,437 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rodante, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is rodante, spelled R-O-D-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que roda
  2. 2
    rolante
  3. 3
    giratório

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De acordo com ele, todo o material rodante a ser utilizado, caso o consórcio seja o vencedor no certame previsto para 29 de maio de 2013, será fornecido pela CAF, que já possui uma fábrica de vagões em Hortolândia, interior de São Paulo.

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 "rodante"?
"rodante" is spelled R-O-D-A-N-T-E.
What does "rodante" mean?
As an adjective, "rodante" means: que roda
What language does "rodante" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list