paralelepípedo
/pɐ.ɾɐ.lɛ.lɨ.ˈpi.pɨ.du/
The verdict
“paralelepípedo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,392 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,392
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prisma regular cujas bases são paralelogramos; hexaedro cujas faces opostas são paralelas e congruentes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paralelepípedo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ɾɐ.lɛ.lɨ.ˈpi.pɨ.du/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #64,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paralelepípedo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paralelepípedo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,392 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐ.ɾɐ.lɛ.lɨ.ˈpi.pɨ.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for paralelepípedo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 paralelepípedo, spelled P-A-R-A-L-E-L-E-P-Í-P-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1prisma regular cujas bases são paralelogramos; hexaedro cujas faces opostas são paralelas e congruentes
- 2bloco de pedra ou concreto com a forma de um paralelepípedo usado para calçar ruas
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 “paralelepípedo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A-L-E-L-E-P-Í-P-E-D-O - 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.