platina

//plɐ.ˈti.nɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,839

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

platina is aPortuguesenoun. It means: elemento químico de símbolo Pt, possui o número atômico 78 e massa atômica relativa 195,078 u; é um metal de transição, branco acinzentado; é obtida em conjunto com minérios ricos em sulfureto de c... Pronounced /plɐ.ˈti.nɐ/. Often confused with prática and plata.

Key facts for platina
PropertyValue
Headwordplatina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/plɐ.ˈti.nɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,839
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of platina in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for platina is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /plɐ.ˈti.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,839 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for platina, with forms such as "lpatina", "paltina", and "plaitna". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "prática", "plata", "página", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is platina, spelled P-L-A-T-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    elemento químico de símbolo Pt, possui o número atômico 78 e massa atômica relativa 195,078 u; é um metal de transição, branco acinzentado; é obtida em conjunto com minérios ricos em sulfureto de cobre-níquel, associados às rochas vulcânicas; utilizada como catalisador de reações químicas, em eletrodos não reativos nos processos eletrolíticos, na fabricação de equipamentos cirúrgicos, implantes ortopédicos e em joias
  2. 2
    presilha que prende as correias usadas por soldados da infantaria
  3. 3
    peça metálica, forrada de pano, usada no peito ou nos ombros do uniforme, onde se fixam os galões ou as divisas que indicam o posto ou a graduação dos oficiais militares
  4. 4
    referente à bacia ou ao rio do Prata

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpatina,paltina,plaitna,platian,platinna,platnia,plattina,pllatina,pltaina,pplatina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for platina

Misspelling Variants of "platina"

lpatina7paltina7plaitna7platian7platinna8platnia7plattina8pllatina8
Misspelling Variants of "platina"

Frequency rank: #16,839 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "platina"?
"platina" is spelled P-L-A-T-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /plɐ.ˈti.nɐ/.
What does "platina" mean?
As a noun, "platina" means: elemento químico de símbolo Pt, possui o número atômico 78 e massa atômica relativa 195,078 u; é um metal de transição, branco acinzentado; é obtida em conjunto com minérios ricos em sulfureto de c...
What words are commonly confused with "platina"?
"platina" is commonly confused with "prática", "plata", "página". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "platina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "platina" is /plɐ.ˈti.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "platina" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.