smooth

adj

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The verdict

“smooth” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,230 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,230
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-smooth · smooth · Portuguese

smooth · rank #50,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,230
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH situation

Nearest frequency peer: situation (-3 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 “smooth”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for smooth
PropertyValue
Headwordsmooth
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,230
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “smooth” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.smoothcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “situation” (#50,227), “stray” (#50,236), “shy” (#50,223). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “smooth” fica em #50,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

smooth is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,230 among 1,185 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Inventors at Work

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sufixo#50,241Tapera#50,249vívido#50,285poluir#50,152

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list