gratinar
/ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“gratinar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tostar no forno a superfície superior de uma preparação culinária, geralmente coberta de queijo ralado, pão ralado ou creme
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gratinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gratinar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gratinar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tostar no forno a superfície superior de uma preparação culinária, geralmente coberta de queijo ralado, pão ralado ou creme".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gratinar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 gratinar, spelled G-R-A-T-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1tostar no forno a superfície superior de uma preparação culinária, geralmente coberta de queijo ralado, pão ralado ou creme
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.
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Using “gratinar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-A-T-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/ (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.