secretário-geral

noun

The verdict

“secretário-geral” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - encarregado administrador e supervisor de uma entidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-secretario-geral · secretário-geral · Portuguese

secretário-geral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for secretário-geral
PropertyValue
Headwordsecretário-geral
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “secretário-geral” em português

secretário-geralnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

secretário-geral is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

secretário-geral has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is secretário-geral, spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-Á-R-I-O---G-E-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    encarregado administrador e supervisor de uma entidade
  2. 2
    mais alto posto de uma organização

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O secretário-geral do partido.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "secretário-geral"?
"secretário-geral" is spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-Á-R-I-O---G-E-R-A-L.
What does "secretário-geral" mean?
As a noun, "secretário-geral" means: encarregado administrador e supervisor de uma entidade
What language does "secretário-geral" come from?
"secretário-geral" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list