terciário
/tɨɾ.ˈsja.ɾju/
The verdict
“terciário” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,622 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,622
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está em terceiro lugar
Corpus desk
Index PT-terciario · terciário · Portuguese
terciário · rank #53,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,622
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tabuada
Nearest frequency peer: tabuada (-8 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 “terciário”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- supletivo
supletivo
46,392 corpus weight
- síncope
síncope
46,389 corpus weight
- tabuada
tabuada
46,387 corpus weight
- terciário
terciário
46,379 corpus weight
- usurpar
usurpar
46,359 corpus weight
- utilizável
utilizável
46,358 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “terciário” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terciário |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tɨɾ.ˈsja.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “terciário” em português
Rare enough to double-check
terciário is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,622 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /tɨɾ.ˈsja.ɾju/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que está em terceiro lugar".
terciário has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is terciário, spelled T-E-R-C-I-Á-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1que está em terceiro lugar
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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