verossímil

/ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯]

//ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯]/ adj

The verdict

“verossímil” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,550 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,550
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de algo que parece ser verdadeiro, autêntico, real

Corpus desk

Index PT-verossimil · verossímil · Portuguese

verossímil · rank #66,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,550
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH useful

Nearest frequency peer: useful (-5 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 “verossímil”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verossímil
PropertyValue
Headwordverossímil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,550
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “verossímil” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).verossímilcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “useful” (#66,545), “untar” (#66,544), “Zanzibar” (#66,563). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “verossímil” fica em #66,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verossímil is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,550 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for verossímil in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is verossímil, spelled V-E-R-O-S-S-Í-M-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se de algo que parece ser verdadeiro, autêntico, real
  2. 2
    aquilo que é coerente o suficiente para se passar por verdadeiro ou que se pode acreditar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Não importava a Portinari, assim como a Picasso, a representação verossímil de um cavalo, e sim a sua expressão – isto é, o seu significado simbólico, fruto do diálogo entre a estética e a história social; uma imagem aberta, que permite diferentes interpretações.
  2. "Mas registro histórico de que se alimentaram de suas partes, isso é pouco verossímil."

Synonyms

Antonyms

inverosímilinverossímilimprovávelimplausível

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 "verossímil"?
"verossímil" is spelled V-E-R-O-S-S-Í-M-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯].
What does "verossímil" mean?
As an adjective, "verossímil" means: diz-se de algo que parece ser verdadeiro, autêntico, real
How do you pronounce "verossímil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verossímil" is /ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verossímil" come from?
"verossímil" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list