superiormente

adv

The verdict

“superiormente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,581 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,581
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de modo superior

Corpus desk

Index PT-superiormente · superiormente · Portuguese

superiormente · rank #73,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,581
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sonegar

Nearest frequency peer: sonegar (-16 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 “superiormente”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for superiormente
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperiormente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Frequency rank#73,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “superiormente” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).superiormentecai 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: “sonegar” (#73,565), “ventana” (#73,628), “whether” (#73,642). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “superiormente” fica em #73,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

superiormente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,581 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de modo superior".

No misspelling variants are generated for superiormente in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is superiormente, spelled S-U-P-E-R-I-O-R-M-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    de modo superior

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «A decisão foi tomada superiormente, não cabendo recurso aos funcionários locais.»

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 "superiormente"?
"superiormente" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-I-O-R-M-E-N-T-E.
What does "superiormente" mean?
As an adverb, "superiormente" means: de modo superior
What language does "superiormente" come from?
"superiormente" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list