gilete

noun

The verdict

“gilete” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,865 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,865
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lâmina de barbear

Corpus desk

Index PT-gilete · gilete · Portuguese

gilete · rank #68,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,865
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gastroenterite

Nearest frequency peer: gastroenterite (-7 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 “gilete”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gilete
PropertyValue
Headwordgilete
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gilete” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gastroenterite” (#68,858), “guapo” (#68,880), “funcho” (#68,849). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gilete” fica em #68,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gilete is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,865 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "lâmina de barbear".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gilete, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 gilete, spelled G-I-L-E-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    lâmina de barbear

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A cocaína, batida com gilete na tampa da privada antes de ser cheirada (o que a galera chama de "caratê boliviano"), garantia o pique nas noitadas.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gilete"?
"gilete" is spelled G-I-L-E-T-E.
What does "gilete" mean?
As a noun, "gilete" means: lâmina de barbear
What language does "gilete" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list