quilate

/ki.ˈla.tɨ/

//ki.ˈla.tɨ// noun

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The verdict

“quilate” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,623 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,623
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unidade de pureza do ouro

Corpus desk

Index PT-quilate · quilate · Portuguese

quilate · rank #54,623 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,623
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH rapar

Nearest frequency peer: rapar (+3 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 “quilate”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quilate
PropertyValue
Headwordquilate
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ki.ˈla.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,623
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quilate” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).quilatecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “rapar” (#54,626), “recognition” (#54,631), “previsibilidade” (#54,613). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quilate” fica em #54,623. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quilate is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,623 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ki.ˈla.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

quilate has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is quilate, spelled Q-U-I-L-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade de pureza do ouro
  2. 2
    unidade de massa equivalente a 200 mg para diamantes e outras pedras preciosas
  3. 3
    boa qualidade; excelência, superioridade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Homem de grande quilate moral.

Synonyms

perfeição

Antonyms

imperfeição

This word in other languages

carat(English)quilate(Español)carat(Français)Karat(Deutsch)

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 "quilate"?
"quilate" is spelled Q-U-I-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ki.ˈla.tɨ/.
What does "quilate" mean?
As a noun, "quilate" means: unidade de pureza do ouro
How do you pronounce "quilate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quilate" is /ki.ˈla.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quilate" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

satoshi#54,657soleira#54,675lixeiro#54,502linhaça#54,501

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list