suburbano

/su.buɾ.ˈbɐ.nu/

//su.buɾ.ˈbɐ.nu// adj

The verdict

“suburbano” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,797 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,797
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo ou pertencente a subúrbio

Corpus desk

Index PT-suburbano · suburbano · Portuguese

suburbano · rank #50,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,797
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH suscitado

Nearest frequency peer: suscitado (+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 “suburbano”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suburbano
PropertyValue
Headwordsuburbano
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/su.buɾ.ˈbɐ.nu/
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “suburbano” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.suburbanocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “suscitado” (#50,800), “séptico” (#50,804), “talhado” (#50,808). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “suburbano” fica em #50,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suburbano is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,797 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /su.buɾ.ˈbɐ.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo ou pertencente a subúrbio".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for suburbano, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is suburbano, spelled S-U-B-U-R-B-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo ou pertencente a subúrbio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ninguém diria que por meio daquele atleta suburbano o País obteria nesta Olimpíada uma de suas escassas medalhas de ouro.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suburbano"?
"suburbano" is spelled S-U-B-U-R-B-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is /su.buɾ.ˈbɐ.nu/.
What does "suburbano" mean?
As an adjective, "suburbano" means: relativo ou pertencente a subúrbio
How do you pronounce "suburbano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suburbano" is /su.buɾ.ˈbɐ.nu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suburbano" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suburbano", 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