sultanato
The verdict
“sultanato” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tipo de governo onde quem governa é um sultão
Corpus desk
Index PT-sultanato · sultanato · Portuguese
sultanato · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sultanato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sultanato” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sultanato is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sultanato doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is sultanato, spelled S-U-L-T-A-N-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1tipo de governo onde quem governa é um sultão
- 2região governada por um sultão
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sultanato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A violência nas províncias muçulmanas que formavam o antigo sultanato de Pattani ressurgiu em janeiro de 2004.
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.