paleolítico
/pa.ljɔ.ˈli.ti.ku/
The verdict
“paleolítico” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,137 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,137
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo ao primeiro período da pré-história, que começou desde o surgimento da humanidade até mais de doze mil anos atrás
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paleolítico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pa.ljɔ.ˈli.ti.ku/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paleolítico” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paleolítico is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,137 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pa.ljɔ.ˈli.ti.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo ao primeiro período da pré-história, que começou desde o surgimento da humanidade até mais de doze mil anos atrás".
Zero misspellings are on record for paleolítico in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is paleolítico, spelled P-A-L-E-O-L-Í-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1relativo ao primeiro período da pré-história, que começou desde o surgimento da humanidade até mais de doze mil anos atrás
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.
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Using “paleolítico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-L-E-O-L-Í-T-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pa.ljɔ.ˈli.ti.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.