verossímil
/ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯]
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
- sépia
sépia
33,486 corpus weight
- transcontin…
transcontinental
33,466 corpus weight
- untar
untar
33,457 corpus weight
- useful
useful
33,456 corpus weight
- verossímil
verossímil
33,451 corpus weight
- Zanzibar
Zanzibar
33,438 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “verossímil” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verossímil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miw/ [ve.ɾoˈsĩ.miʊ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “verossímil” em português
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
- 1diz-se de algo que parece ser verdadeiro, autêntico, real
- 2aquilo que é coerente o suficiente para se passar por verdadeiro ou que se pode acreditar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verossímil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
"Mas registro histórico de que se alimentaram de suas partes, isso é pouco verossímil."
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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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