elastic
/iˈlæstɪk/ ou /əˈlæstɪk/
The verdict
“elastic” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,714 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,714
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elástico
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elastic |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /iˈlæstɪk/ ou /əˈlæstɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elastic” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
elastic is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,714 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /iˈlæstɪk/ ou /əˈlæstɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "elástico".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for elastic, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 elastic, spelled E-L-A-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1elástico
Synonyms
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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Using “elastic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-L-A-S-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.