postulado

/puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/

//puʃ.tu.ˈla.du// noun

The verdict

“postulado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,170 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,170
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - princípio ou fato reconhecido mas não demonstrado

Corpus desk

Index PT-postulado · postulado · Portuguese

postulado · rank #55,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,170
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pombinhos

Nearest frequency peer: pombinhos (-6 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 “postulado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “postulado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for postulado
PropertyValue
Headwordpostulado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “postulado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.postuladocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pombinhos” (#55,164), “pipo” (#55,158), “prevalente” (#55,182). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “postulado” fica em #55,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

postulado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,170 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for postulado, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is postulado, spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    princípio ou fato reconhecido mas não demonstrado
  2. 2
    princípio que, em Matemática, se admite sem discussão, mas que não é tão evidente como o axioma
  3. 3
    tempo de exercícios e provações, que antecede o noviciado nas comunidades religiosas

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 "postulado"?
"postulado" is spelled P-O-S-T-U-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/.
What does "postulado" mean?
As a noun, "postulado" means: princípio ou fato reconhecido mas não demonstrado
How do you pronounce "postulado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "postulado" is /puʃ.tu.ˈla.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "postulado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list