supletivo
The verdict
“supletivo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,609 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,609
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que supre
Corpus desk
Index PT-supletivo · supletivo · Portuguese
supletivo · rank #53,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,609
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH síncope
Nearest frequency peer: síncope (+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 “supletivo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- shelter
shelter
46,418 corpus weight
- sober
sober
46,407 corpus weight
- supletivo
supletivo
46,392 corpus weight
- síncope
síncope
46,389 corpus weight
- tabuada
tabuada
46,387 corpus weight
- terciário
terciário
46,379 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “supletivo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supletivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “supletivo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
supletivo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,609 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que supre".
Zero misspellings are on record for supletivo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 supletivo, spelled S-U-P-L-E-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1que supre
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how supletivo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Na falta de uma norma específica, recorre-se ao direito comum com caráter supletivo.»
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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