glicerina

/ɡli.sɨ.ˈɾi.nɐ/

//ɡli.sɨ.ˈɾi.nɐ// noun

The verdict

“glicerina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #56,145 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,145
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância (C₃H₈O₃) obtida como subproduto da fabricação de sabão e ácidos graxos

Corpus desk

Index PT-glicerina · glicerina · Portuguese

glicerina · rank #56,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,145
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH fuego

Nearest frequency peer: fuego (-14 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 “glicerina”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glicerina
PropertyValue
Headwordglicerina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡli.sɨ.ˈɾi.nɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,145
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “glicerina” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).glicerinacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “fuego” (#56,131), “hepático” (#56,161), “Frédéric” (#56,128). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “glicerina” fica em #56,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glicerina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #56,145 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡli.sɨ.ˈɾi.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "substância (C₃H₈O₃) obtida como subproduto da fabricação de sabão e ácidos graxos".

glicerina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is glicerina, spelled G-L-I-C-E-R-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância (C₃H₈O₃) obtida como subproduto da fabricação de sabão e ácidos graxos

Synonyms

glicerol

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); 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 "glicerina"?
"glicerina" is spelled G-L-I-C-E-R-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡli.sɨ.ˈɾi.nɐ/.
What does "glicerina" mean?
As a noun, "glicerina" means: substância (C₃H₈O₃) obtida como subproduto da fabricação de sabão e ácidos graxos
How do you pronounce "glicerina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glicerina" is /ɡli.sɨ.ˈɾi.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glicerina" come from?
"glicerina" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list