paulatino
/paw.la.ˈtʃi.nu/
The verdict
“paulatino” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feito aos poucos
Corpus desk
Index PT-paulatino · paulatino · Portuguese
paulatino · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | paulatino |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /paw.la.ˈtʃi.nu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “paulatino” em português
Rare enough to double-check
paulatino is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /paw.la.ˈtʃi.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
paulatino has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is paulatino, spelled P-A-U-L-A-T-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1feito aos poucos
- 2lento, vagaroso
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.