calhorda
The verdict
“calhorda” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,760 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,760
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pessoa desprezível, sem caráter, que causa nojo e repulsa
Corpus desk
Index PT-calhorda · calhorda · Portuguese
calhorda · rank #77,760 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,760
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH camélia
Nearest frequency peer: camélia (+5 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 “calhorda”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
22,256 corpus weight
- calhorda
calhorda
22,241 corpus weight
- camélia
camélia
22,236 corpus weight
- captor
captor
22,232 corpus weight
- caramuru
caramuru
22,230 corpus weight
- categórico
categórico
22,226 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “calhorda” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calhorda |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “calhorda” em português
Rare enough to double-check
calhorda is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,760 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa desprezível, sem caráter, que causa nojo e repulsa".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calhorda, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 calhorda, spelled C-A-L-H-O-R-D-A.
Definition
- 1pessoa desprezível, sem caráter, que causa nojo e repulsa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calhorda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depois de interpretar o calhorda Fred em novela da rede Globo, agora o ator se dedica em tempo integral a Gustavo, seu personagem na peça Cruel.
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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