planalto
/plɐ.ˈnaɫ.tu/
The verdict
“planalto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,331 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,331
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - região plana, que se situa no alto de um local como uma montanha ou uma serra; exemplo: a capital paulista São Paulo é um planalto
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planalto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /plɐ.ˈnaɫ.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “planalto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for planalto is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /plɐ.ˈnaɫ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,331 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "região plana, que se situa no alto de um local como uma montanha ou uma serra; exemplo: a capital paulista São Paulo é um planalto".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for planalto, with forms such as "lpanalto", "palnalto", and "plaanlto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 planalto, spelled P-L-A-N-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1região plana, que se situa no alto de um local como uma montanha ou uma serra; exemplo: a capital paulista São Paulo é um planalto
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lpanalto,palnalto,plaanlto,planallto,planalot,planaltto,planatlo,planlato,plannalto,pllanalto,plnaalto,pplanalto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of planalto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “planalto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-L-A-N-A-L-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /plɐ.ˈnaɫ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
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.