temerário
/tɨ.mɨ.ˈɾa.ɾju/
The verdict
“temerário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,055 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,055
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arriscado, perigoso
Corpus desk
Index PT-temerario · temerário · Portuguese
temerário · rank #53,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,055
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH taurino
Nearest frequency peer: taurino (-2 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 “temerário”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- talho
talho
46,950 corpus weight
- taurino
taurino
46,948 corpus weight
- temerário
temerário
46,946 corpus weight
- torrão
torrão
46,942 corpus weight
- transeunte
transeunte
46,938 corpus weight
- translação
translação
46,936 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “temerário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | temerário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tɨ.mɨ.ˈɾa.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “temerário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
temerário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,055 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /tɨ.mɨ.ˈɾa.ɾju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for temerário, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is temerário, spelled T-E-M-E-R-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1arriscado, perigoso
- 2irresponsável, imprudente
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how temerário appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O que empana o horizonte e torna o expansionismo fiscal do governo mais temerário ainda do que já era é o quadro inflacionário, agora bem mais adverso.
São deveres do administrado perante a Administração, sem prejuízo de outros previstos em ato normativo… não agir de modo temerário.
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).