gratinar

/ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/

//ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ// verb

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 September 3, 2026) - tostar no forno a superfície superior de uma preparação culinária, geralmente coberta de queijo ralado, pão ralado ou creme

Corpus desk

Index PT-gratinar · gratinar · Portuguese

gratinar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for gratinar
PropertyValue
Headwordgratinar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gratinar” em português

gratinarfica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    tostar no forno a superfície superior de uma preparação culinária, geralmente coberta de queijo ralado, pão ralado ou creme

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gratinar"?
"gratinar" is spelled G-R-A-T-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "gratinar" mean?
As a verb, "gratinar" means: tostar no forno a superfície superior de uma preparação culinária, geralmente coberta de queijo ralado, pão ralado ou creme
How do you pronounce "gratinar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gratinar" is /ɡɾɐ.ti.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gratinar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list