vexatório

adj

The verdict

“vexatório” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,742 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,742
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa vexame; humilhante; constrangedor

Corpus desk

Index PT-vexatorio · vexatório · Portuguese

vexatório · rank #81,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,742
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH trolha

Nearest frequency peer: trolha (-24 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 “vexatório”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vexatório
PropertyValue
Headwordvexatório
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,742
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “vexatório” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “trolha” (#81,718), “absorto” (#81,776), “throne” (#81,704). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vexatório” fica em #81,742. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vexatório is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,742 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for vexatório in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 vexatório, spelled V-E-X-A-T-Ó-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que causa vexame; humilhante; constrangedor
  2. 2
    que impõe ônus excessivo ou constrangimento em contratos, normas ou práticas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O tratamento vexatório foi denunciado
  2. Consideraram a cláusula vexatória no contrato

Synonyms

abusivoconstrangedorhumilhanteincômodomolestoopressivo

Antonyms

dignohonrosorespeitoso

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 "vexatório"?
"vexatório" is spelled V-E-X-A-T-Ó-R-I-O.
What does "vexatório" mean?
As an adjective, "vexatório" means: que causa vexame; humilhante; constrangedor
What language does "vexatório" come from?
"vexatório" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list