poluente

adj

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The verdict

“poluente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,385 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,385
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que tem capacidade de poluir; que causa poluição

Key facts for poluente
PropertyValue
Headwordpoluente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “poluente” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). poluente lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poluente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,385 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem capacidade de poluir; que causa poluição".

poluente has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is poluente, spelled P-O-L-U-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem capacidade de poluir; que causa poluição

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poluente"?
"poluente" is spelled P-O-L-U-E-N-T-E.
What does "poluente" mean?
As an adjective, "poluente" means: que tem capacidade de poluir; que causa poluição
What language does "poluente" come from?
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Using “poluente”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-L-U-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list