caiana
/kajˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [kaɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]
The verdict
“caiana” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,507 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,507
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se da cana-de-açúcar muito doce e com a casca fina e mais mole que o comum
Corpus desk
Index PT-caiana · caiana · Portuguese
caiana · rank #95,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,507
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carreras
Nearest frequency peer: carreras (+15 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 “caiana”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bença
bença
4,521 corpus weight
- beside
beside
4,520 corpus weight
- caiana
caiana
4,494 corpus weight
- carreras
carreras
4,479 corpus weight
- castra
castra
4,477 corpus weight
- cateto
cateto
4,474 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “caiana” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caiana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kajˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [kaɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “caiana” em português
Rare enough to double-check
caiana is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,507 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kajˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [kaɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diz-se da cana-de-açúcar muito doce e com a casca fina e mais mole que o comum".
caiana has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is caiana, spelled C-A-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1diz-se da cana-de-açúcar muito doce e com a casca fina e mais mole que o comum
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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