sombreado

adj

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The verdict

“sombreado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,823 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,823
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - em que há sombra

Key facts for sombreado
PropertyValue
Headwordsombreado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sombreado” 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). sombreado 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

sombreado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,823 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "em que há sombra".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sombreado, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists 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 sombreado, spelled S-O-M-B-R-E-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    em que há sombra

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 "sombreado"?
"sombreado" is spelled S-O-M-B-R-E-A-D-O.
What does "sombreado" mean?
As an adjective, "sombreado" means: em que há sombra
What language does "sombreado" come from?
"sombreado" 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 “sombreado”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-M-B-R-E-A-D-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