sátiro

noun

The verdict

“sátiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,842 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,842
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que sofre de satiríase

Key facts for sátiro
PropertyValue
Headwordsátiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sátiro” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sátiro lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sátiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,842 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for sátiro in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sátiro, spelled S-Á-T-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que sofre de satiríase
  2. 2
    compulsivo sexual

This word in other languages

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 "sátiro"?
"sátiro" is spelled S-Á-T-I-R-O.
What does "sátiro" mean?
As a noun, "sátiro" means: aquele que sofre de satiríase
What language does "sátiro" come from?
"sátiro" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “sátiro”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-Á-T-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list