poliéster
/pɔ.ˈljɛʃ.tɛɾ/
The verdict
“poliéster” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,185
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - categoria de polímeros que contém o grupo funcional éster na sua cadeia principal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poliéster |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɔ.ˈljɛʃ.tɛɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #41,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poliéster” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around poliéster (IPA /pɔ.ˈljɛʃ.tɛɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,185 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "categoria de polímeros que contém o grupo funcional éster na sua cadeia principal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for poliéster, with forms such as "opliéster", "ploiéster", and "poiléster". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is poliéster, spelled P-O-L-I-É-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1categoria de polímeros que contém o grupo funcional éster na sua cadeia principal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opliéster
- ploiéster
- poiléster
- poliséter
- poliésetr
- poliésster
- poliésterr
- poliéstre
- poliéstter
- poliétser
- polliéster
- poléister
- ppoliéster
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poliéster - 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 “poliéster”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-L-I-É-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɔ.ˈljɛʃ.tɛɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.