palatal
/pa.laˈtaw/
The verdict
“palatal” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que diz respeito ao palato
Corpus desk
Index PT-palatal · palatal · Portuguese
palatal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palatal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pa.laˈtaw/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “palatal” em português
Rare enough to double-check
palatal is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pa.laˈtaw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
palatal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is palatal, spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1que diz respeito ao palato
- 2diz-se do dente superior, no lado voltado para o palato
- 3diz-se do fonema articulado na região do palato duro
Synonyms
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.