sórdido
/ˈsɔɾ.di.du/
The verdict
“sórdido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,050 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,050
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se daquele ou daquilo que é caracterizado pela sordidez
Corpus desk
Index PT-sordido · sórdido · Portuguese
sórdido · rank #60,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,050
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH tilápia
Nearest frequency peer: tilápia (+5 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 “sórdido”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- subentendido
subentendido
39,966 corpus weight
- sucks
sucks
39,961 corpus weight
- sudoku
sudoku
39,959 corpus weight
- sórdido
sórdido
39,951 corpus weight
- tilápia
tilápia
39,946 corpus weight
- tuning
tuning
39,935 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sórdido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sórdido |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɔɾ.di.du/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sórdido” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sórdido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,050 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsɔɾ.di.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sórdido, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sórdido, spelled S-Ó-R-D-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se daquele ou daquilo que é caracterizado pela sordidez
- 2ignóbil, torpe
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.
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