polinésio
The verdict
“polinésio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pertencente ou relacionado à Polinésia, sua geografia, população, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polinésio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polinésio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polinésio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
polinésio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is polinésio, spelled P-O-L-I-N-É-S-I-O.
Definition
- 1pertencente ou relacionado à Polinésia, sua geografia, população, etc.
- 2relativo à família linguística de idiomas falados na Polinésia
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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.
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Using “polinésio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-L-I-N-É-S-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.