palíndromo

adj

The verdict

“palíndromo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,080 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,080
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se da palavra ou frase que tem o mesmo sentido, quer se leia da direita para a esquerda ou vice-versa

Corpus desk

Index PT-palindromo · palíndromo · Portuguese

palíndromo · rank #95,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,080
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH onboard

Nearest frequency peer: onboard (-9 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 “palíndromo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “palíndromo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for palíndromo
PropertyValue
Headwordpalíndromo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “palíndromo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).palíndromocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “onboard” (#95,071), “penalmente” (#95,096), “personalista” (#95,102). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “palíndromo” fica em #95,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

palíndromo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,080 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se da palavra ou frase que tem o mesmo sentido, quer se leia da direita para a esquerda ou vice-versa".

Zero misspellings are on record for palíndromo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 palíndromo, spelled P-A-L-Í-N-D-R-O-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se da palavra ou frase que tem o mesmo sentido, quer se leia da direita para a esquerda ou vice-versa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how palíndromo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ele usou um termo palíndromo para ilustrar a frase.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "palíndromo"?
"palíndromo" is spelled P-A-L-Í-N-D-R-O-M-O.
What does "palíndromo" mean?
As an adjective, "palíndromo" means: diz-se da palavra ou frase que tem o mesmo sentido, quer se leia da direita para a esquerda ou vice-versa
What language does "palíndromo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "palíndromo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list