sombreado

adj

The verdict

“sombreado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,823 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,823
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em que há sombra

Corpus desk

Index PT-sombreado · sombreado · Portuguese

sombreado · rank #65,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sneak

Nearest frequency peer: sneak (-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 “sombreado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sombreado
PropertyValue
Headwordsombreado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,823
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sombreado” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sombreadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sneak” (#65,820), “semeador” (#65,807), “suinocultura” (#65,839). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sombreado” fica em #65,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sombreado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,823 among 1,185 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O quintal é sombreado pela árvore.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list