parafina
The verdict
“parafina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,776 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,776
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação comum dos hidrocarbonetos saturados (alcanos), geralmente sólidos, obtidos a partir do petróleo ou de outras fontes orgânicas, usados em velas, fósforos, isolamento elétrico, cosméticos ...
Corpus desk
Index PT-parafina · parafina · Portuguese
parafina · rank #51,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,776
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH panther
Nearest frequency peer: panther (-3 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 “parafina”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oscilar
oscilar
48,235 corpus weight
- palhaça
palhaça
48,230 corpus weight
- panelinha
panelinha
48,229 corpus weight
- panther
panther
48,228 corpus weight
- parafina
parafina
48,225 corpus weight
- PCD
PCD
48,221 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “parafina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parafina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “parafina” em português
Rare enough to double-check
parafina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,776 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
parafina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is parafina, spelled P-A-R-A-F-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1designação comum dos hidrocarbonetos saturados (alcanos), geralmente sólidos, obtidos a partir do petróleo ou de outras fontes orgânicas, usados em velas, fósforos, isolamento elétrico, cosméticos e medicamentos
- 2mistura de hidrocarbonetos sólidos, brancos e praticamente inodoros, impermeáveis e fáceis de moldar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parafina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A parafina é amplamente utilizada na fabricação de velas e produtos de beleza
O laboratório armazenava amostras em blocos de parafina
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).