planador

/plɐ.nɐ.ˈdoɾ/

//plɐ.nɐ.ˈdoɾ// adj

The verdict

“planador” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,799 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,799
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que plana

Corpus desk

Index PT-planador · planador · Portuguese

planador · rank #51,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,799
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pochete

Nearest frequency peer: pochete (+1 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 “planador”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “planador” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for planador
PropertyValue
Headwordplanador
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/plɐ.nɐ.ˈdoɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,799
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “planador” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.planadorcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pochete” (#51,800), “pipocar” (#51,795), “potato” (#51,803). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “planador” fica em #51,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

planador is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,799 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /plɐ.nɐ.ˈdoɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for planador, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 planador, spelled P-L-A-N-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que plana
  2. 2
    que plana

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "planador"?
"planador" is spelled P-L-A-N-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /plɐ.nɐ.ˈdoɾ/.
What does "planador" mean?
As an adjective, "planador" means: que plana
How do you pronounce "planador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "planador" is /plɐ.nɐ.ˈdoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "planador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list