purpurina
The verdict
“purpurina” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #56,334 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,334
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: corante natural de cor vermelho-escuro extraído das raízes de plantas do género/gênero Rubia, em especial da erva mediterrânea Rubia tinctorum (nomeada vulgarmente ruiva-dos-tintureiros, garança, g...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | purpurina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /puʁ.puˈɾĩ.nɐ/ [puh.puˈɾĩ.nɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “purpurina” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for purpurina is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /puʁ.puˈɾĩ.nɐ/ [puh.puˈɾĩ.nɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,334 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for purpurina in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is purpurina, spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1corante natural de cor vermelho-escuro extraído das raízes de plantas do género/gênero Rubia, em especial da erva mediterrânea Rubia tinctorum (nomeada vulgarmente ruiva-dos-tintureiros, garança, granza, etc.) graças à presença de alizarina, um dos pigmentos mais potentes de coloração vermelha quando oxidada, e fórmula C₁₄H₈O₅
- 2substância extraída da Rubia com propriedades inseticidas
- 3pó brilhante usado para gravações douradas, prateadas e bronzeadas
- 4pequenas partículas de microplástico reflexivo, cujo brilho resultante é usado como maquilhagem/maquiagem
- 5nome comum de erva rosácea anual nativa da região Norte brasileira, sobretudo no Pará (Rhychanthera serrulata) cujo nome deriva do colorido de suas flores
Frequency rank: #56,334 in Portuguese
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Using “purpurina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-U-R-P-U-R-I-N-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /puʁ.puˈɾĩ.nɐ/ [puh.puˈɾĩ.nɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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