profilático

adj

The verdict

“profilático” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à profilaxia; que preserva

Corpus desk

Index PT-profilatico · profilático · Portuguese

profilático · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for profilático
PropertyValue
Headwordprofilático
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “profilático” em português

profiláticofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

profilático is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "relativo à profilaxia; que preserva".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for profilático, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is profilático, spelled P-R-O-F-I-L-Á-T-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo à profilaxia; que preserva

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how profilático appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. É verdade que muitos céticos dizem que bastariam medidas profiláticas razoáveis e de baixo custo para tornar pouquíssimo plausível um derretimento cibernético em larga escala, afirmando que os alarmistas exageram na descrição das piores hipóteses.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profilático"?
"profilático" is spelled P-R-O-F-I-L-Á-T-I-C-O.
What does "profilático" mean?
As an adjective, "profilático" means: relativo à profilaxia; que preserva
What language does "profilático" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list