diáfano
/ˈdja.fɐ.nu/
The verdict
“diáfano” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em que a luz passa parcialmente ou de forma difusa
Corpus desk
Index PT-diafano · diáfano · Portuguese
diáfano · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diáfano |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdja.fɐ.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “diáfano” em português
Rare enough to double-check
diáfano is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdja.fɐ.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for diáfano, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is diáfano, spelled D-I-Á-F-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1em que a luz passa parcialmente ou de forma difusa
- 2translúcido
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.