slate

noun

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The verdict

“slate” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,020 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,020
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ardósia

Key facts for slate
PropertyValue
Headwordslate
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,020
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “slate” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). slate lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

slate is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,020 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

slate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is slate, spelled S-L-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ardósia
  2. 2
    lousa
  3. 3
    cor de ardósia
  4. 4
    caderno de dívidas, conta
  5. 5
    lista de candidatos afiliados para uma eleição

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 "slate"?
"slate" is spelled S-L-A-T-E.
What does "slate" mean?
As a noun, "slate" means: ardósia
What language does "slate" come from?
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Using “slate”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list