anchova
/ɐ̃.ˈʃo.vɐ/
The verdict
“anchova” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,317 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,317
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peixe teleósteo da família dos Carangídeos
Corpus desk
Index PT-anchova · anchova · Portuguese
anchova · rank #79,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,317
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH almôndega
Nearest frequency peer: almôndega (-11 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 “anchova”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- aeromodelis…
aeromodelismo
20,710 corpus weight
- alfabético
alfabético
20,702 corpus weight
- almighty
almighty
20,697 corpus weight
- almôndega
almôndega
20,695 corpus weight
- anchova
anchova
20,684 corpus weight
- arterioscle…
arteriosclerose
20,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “anchova” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anchova |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ̃.ˈʃo.vɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “anchova” em português
Rare enough to double-check
anchova is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,317 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ̃.ˈʃo.vɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "peixe teleósteo da família dos Carangídeos".
anchova doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is anchova, spelled A-N-C-H-O-V-A.
Definition
- 1peixe teleósteo da família dos Carangídeos
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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.
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