smooth

adj

The verdict

“smooth” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,230 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,230
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - liso

Key facts for smooth
PropertyValue
Headwordsmooth
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,230
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “smooth” 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). smooth lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

smooth is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,230 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "liso".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for smooth, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is smooth, spelled S-M-O-O-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    liso

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 "smooth"?
"smooth" is spelled S-M-O-O-T-H.
What does "smooth" mean?
As an adjective, "smooth" means: liso
What language does "smooth" come from?
"smooth" 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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Using “smooth”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-M-O-O-T-H - 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