paliativo
/pɐ.ljɐ.ˈti.vu/
The verdict
“paliativo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,474 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,474
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que serve para acalmar ou aliviar momentaneamente um mal
Corpus desk
Index PT-paliativo · paliativo · Portuguese
paliativo · rank #53,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,474
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH package
Nearest frequency peer: package (-2 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 “paliativo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- nica
nica
46,543 corpus weight
- opcionalmen…
opcionalmente
46,531 corpus weight
- package
package
46,529 corpus weight
- paliativo
paliativo
46,527 corpus weight
- pediátrico
pediátrico
46,514 corpus weight
- penca
penca
46,512 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “paliativo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paliativo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɐ.ljɐ.ˈti.vu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “paliativo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
paliativo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,474 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɐ.ljɐ.ˈti.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que serve para acalmar ou aliviar momentaneamente um mal".
paliativo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is paliativo, spelled P-A-L-I-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1que serve para acalmar ou aliviar momentaneamente um mal
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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