polite
/pəˈlaɪt/
The verdict
“polite” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - educado, polido, cortês
Corpus desk
Index PT-polite · polite · Portuguese
polite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | polite |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pəˈlaɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “polite” em português
Rare enough to double-check
polite is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pəˈlaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
polite has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is polite, spelled P-O-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1educado, polido, cortês
- 2polido, liso
Antonyms
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.