paroxítono
/pɐ.ɾɔ.ˈksi.tu.nu/
The verdict
“paroxítono” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se de vocábulo cuja sílaba tônica é a penúltima
Corpus desk
Index PT-paroxitono · paroxítono · Portuguese
paroxítono · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paroxítono |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɐ.ɾɔ.ˈksi.tu.nu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “paroxítono” em português
Rare enough to double-check
paroxítono is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɐ.ɾɔ.ˈksi.tu.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se de vocábulo cuja sílaba tônica é a penúltima".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paroxítono, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is paroxítono, spelled P-A-R-O-X-Í-T-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se de vocábulo cuja sílaba tônica é a penúltima
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paroxítono appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A palavra 'rubrica' é paroxítona.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.