subsidiário
The verdict
“subsidiário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,510 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,510
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de algo que apoia outra coisa
Corpus desk
Index PT-subsidiario · subsidiário · Portuguese
subsidiário · rank #90,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,510
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH serapilheira
Nearest frequency peer: serapilheira (-36 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 “subsidiário”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- sarja
sarja
9,541 corpus weight
- serapilheira
serapilheira
9,527 corpus weight
- subsidiário
subsidiário
9,491 corpus weight
- toxicodepen…
toxicodependente
9,454 corpus weight
- trovejar
trovejar
9,442 corpus weight
- verbum
verbum
9,424 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “subsidiário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subsidiário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “subsidiário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
subsidiário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,510 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se de algo que apoia outra coisa".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for subsidiário, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is subsidiário, spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-I-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se de algo que apoia outra coisa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subsidiário appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O cheque do governo produziu votos, mas representou um fator subsidiário no resultado final.
This word in other languages
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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