superlativo
/su.pɨɾ.lɐ.ˈti.vu/
The verdict
“superlativo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,181 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,181
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de qualidade muito superior
Corpus desk
Index PT-superlativo · superlativo · Portuguese
superlativo · rank #79,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,181
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH terráqueo
Nearest frequency peer: terráqueo (+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 “superlativo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- rudeza
rudeza
20,877 corpus weight
- superlativo
superlativo
20,820 corpus weight
- terráqueo
terráqueo
20,804 corpus weight
- textualmente
textualmente
20,802 corpus weight
- trapezista
trapezista
20,785 corpus weight
- validamente
validamente
20,770 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “superlativo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | superlativo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /su.pɨɾ.lɐ.ˈti.vu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “superlativo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
superlativo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,181 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /su.pɨɾ.lɐ.ˈti.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de qualidade muito superior".
Zero misspellings are on record for superlativo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is superlativo, spelled S-U-P-E-R-L-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1de qualidade muito superior
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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