avenca
/ɐ.ˈvẽ.kɐ/
The verdict
“avenca” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - designação comum a várias plantas da classe das Filicópsida (reino Plantae e do grupo Pteridófitas)
Corpus desk
Index PT-avenca · avenca · Portuguese
avenca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | avenca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈvẽ.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “avenca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
avenca is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ˈvẽ.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avenca, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is avenca, spelled A-V-E-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1designação comum a várias plantas da classe das Filicópsida (reino Plantae e do grupo Pteridófitas)
- 2planta da família das Polipodiáceas, também conhecida por capilária - Adiantum capillus-veneris
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.