viscoso

adj

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The verdict

“viscoso” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,283 among 501 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,283
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem uma consistência grossa e pegajosa entre o sólido e o líquido

Corpus desk

Index PT-viscoso · viscoso · Portuguese

viscoso · rank #50,283 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,283
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH versado

Nearest frequency peer: versado (-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 “viscoso”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for viscoso
PropertyValue
Headwordviscoso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,283
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “viscoso” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).viscosocai 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: “versado” (#50,281), “vívido” (#50,285), “venerar” (#50,279). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “viscoso” fica em #50,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

viscoso is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,283 among 501 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem uma consistência grossa e pegajosa entre o sólido e o líquido".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for viscoso, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is viscoso, spelled V-I-S-C-O-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem uma consistência grossa e pegajosa entre o sólido e o líquido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A essa profundidade, pressionado e aquecido pelo calor interno do planeta, o sal se comporta como um material viscoso, o que cria problemas para a perfuração e a manutenção dos poços.

This word in other languages

viscous(English)viscoso(Español)visqueux(Français)dickflüssig(Deutsch)

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 "viscoso"?
"viscoso" is spelled V-I-S-C-O-S-O.
What does "viscoso" mean?
As an adjective, "viscoso" means: que tem uma consistência grossa e pegajosa entre o sólido e o líquido
What language does "viscoso" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

versado#50,281venerar#50,279tímpano#50,269tântalo#50,268

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list