cãibra
/ˈkɐ̃j̃.bɾɐ/
The verdict
“cãibra” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,476 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,476
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contração muscular espasmódica e dolorosa, em geral causada pelo excesso de esforço
Corpus desk
Index PT-caibra · cãibra · Portuguese
cãibra · rank #61,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,476
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH crude
Nearest frequency peer: crude (-6 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 “cãibra”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cordon
cordon
38,537 corpus weight
- cosmonauta
cosmonauta
38,535 corpus weight
- crude
crude
38,531 corpus weight
- cãibra
cãibra
38,525 corpus weight
- desembaraçar
desembaraçar
38,512 corpus weight
- desjejum
desjejum
38,511 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cãibra” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cãibra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɐ̃j̃.bɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cãibra” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cãibra is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,476 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɐ̃j̃.bɾɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "contração muscular espasmódica e dolorosa, em geral causada pelo excesso de esforço".
Zero misspellings are on record for cãibra in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cãibra, spelled C-Ã-I-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1contração muscular espasmódica e dolorosa, em geral causada pelo excesso de esforço
Synonyms
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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