sorrateiro
/so.ʁaˈte(j).ɾu/ [so.haˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
The verdict
“sorrateiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,338 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,338
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à pessoa que age secretamente, às escondidas, para não ser percebida
Corpus desk
Index PT-sorrateiro · sorrateiro · Portuguese
sorrateiro · rank #83,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,338
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH stork
Nearest frequency peer: stork (+9 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 “sorrateiro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- seder
seder
16,694 corpus weight
- sorrateiro
sorrateiro
16,663 corpus weight
- stork
stork
16,654 corpus weight
- sucintamente
sucintamente
16,649 corpus weight
- Tanz
Tanz
16,635 corpus weight
- telemática
telemática
16,629 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sorrateiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sorrateiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /so.ʁaˈte(j).ɾu/ [so.haˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sorrateiro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sorrateiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,338 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /so.ʁaˈte(j).ɾu/ [so.haˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sorrateiro has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sorrateiro, spelled S-O-R-R-A-T-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1relativo à pessoa que age secretamente, às escondidas, para não ser percebida
- 2diz-se daquilo que é feito dissimuladamente
Synonyms
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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