plinto
The verdict
“plinto” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bloco ou base inferior de uma coluna, pedestal ou estátua, geralmente de forma quadrada, que serve de apoio e sustentação
Corpus desk
Index PT-plinto · plinto · Portuguese
plinto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | plinto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “plinto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
plinto is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for plinto, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 plinto, spelled P-L-I-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1bloco ou base inferior de uma coluna, pedestal ou estátua, geralmente de forma quadrada, que serve de apoio e sustentação
- 2aparelho acolchoado em forma de caixa, utilizado para exercícios de salto e equilíbrio
- 3parte inferior de uma obra escultórica, que a separa do pedestal ou do solo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plinto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O plinto de granito sustenta a coluna jônica da fachada
Durante a aula, os alunos praticaram saltos sobre o plinto com segurança
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.