poluente
The verdict
“poluente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,385 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,385
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem capacidade de poluir; que causa poluição
Corpus desk
Index PT-poluente · poluente · Portuguese
poluente · rank #62,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,385
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pontudo
Nearest frequency peer: pontudo (+2 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “poluente”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- oblíquo
oblíquo
37,649 corpus weight
- poluente
poluente
37,616 corpus weight
- pontudo
pontudo
37,614 corpus weight
- precaver
precaver
37,608 corpus weight
- profetizado
profetizado
37,604 corpus weight
- reap
reap
37,581 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “poluente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poluente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “poluente” em português
Rare enough to double-check
poluente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,385 among 1,578 “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
- 1que tem capacidade de poluir; que causa poluição
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poluente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A fumaça dos automóveis é altamente poluente para o ar
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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