parafina
The verdict
“parafina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,776 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,776
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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 ...
| 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) |
Where “parafina” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parafina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,776 among 3,113 “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
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 “parafina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A-F-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.