gelatina
/ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈti.nɐ/
The verdict
“gelatina” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #18,605 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,605
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sobremesa feita com uma substância retirada de tecidos de animais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gelatina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈti.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gelatina” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for gelatina is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈti.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,605 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gelatina, with forms such as "eglatina", "gealtina", and "gelaitna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is gelatina, spelled G-E-L-A-T-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1sobremesa feita com uma substância retirada de tecidos de animais
- 2folha translúcida, geralmente de celofane, usada em refletores
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eglatina,gealtina,gelaitna,gelatian,gelatinna,gelatnia,gelattina,gellatina,geltaina,ggelatina,gleatina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gelatina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “gelatina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-E-L-A-T-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʒɨ.lɐ.ˈti.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.